Denmark : Selected Issues Paper

This Selected Issues paper examines the household debt situation in Denmark and factors that have contributed to the high level of household debt in the country. Various factors seem to account for the size of household debt, including large pension assets, a highly developed mortgage market, the av...

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Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund European Department
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2014
Series:IMF Staff Country Reports ; Country Report No. 14/332
IMF eLibrary
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