South Korea's household credit reached 2,019.8 trillion won ($1.44 trillion) at the end of the second quarter of 2026, exceeding 2,000 trillion won for the first time, while Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Koo Yun-cheol said the government would soon announce a support package for vulnerable borrowers. The package is expected to expand debt restructuring for small business owners and individuals and increase funding assistance for small and medium-sized enterprises, ordinary citizens and other vulnerable borrowers. Koo said long-term government bond yields in major economies had risen to multi-decade highs amid expanded fiscal spending and Middle East uncertainties, with the U.S. 30-year Treasury yield reaching 5.19% from 4.61% in late February. The won-dollar exchange rate fell to 1,390 won on the 19th after reaching the 1,550-won range in early July, while net external claims rose to $367.8 billion and the first-half current-account surplus reached a record $191 billion. Household debt remained a key domestic risk despite the debt-to-GDP ratio falling to 85.3% from 89.1% a year earlier. Koo also said trading in single-stock leveraged products had declined sharply after supplementary measures, and pledged integrated monitoring of financial, foreign-exchange, government-bond and real-estate markets.