May 13, 2009
Bangkok (ASTV Manager Online) – Car and housing loans topped the installment list as most of Thai people had to repay their product and service prices.
Assumption University surveyed 1,140 households in 17 provinces. 80 percent of the respondents kept up with news every week.
The survey was conducted on May 11.
57.6 percent said they had to pay in installments while 42.4 percent did not have to repay their product and service costs.
Car loans were the most popular among Thai consumers, followed by housing loans, credit card loans, cash card loans as well as loans for business running.
To handle existing debts, 92.3 percent turned to the self-sufficiency economy whereas 91.5 percent reduced unnecessary costs.
89.4 percent said they stopped building more debts.
88.2 percent thought Thailand’s economy was still bad compared to 94.4 percent in April.
11.8 percent said the economy picked up.
