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Household debt mountain to weigh on Asian consumers

A surge in household borrowing has provided a key support to economic growth across large parts of Emerging Asia over the past few years. Worst case scenarios of a financial crisis are unlikely to materialise, but with households now looking to put their finances in order, a slowdown looms.

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