Measuring the effect of the national credit act on indebtedness in South Africa
Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Measuring the effect of the national credit act on indebtedness in South Africa | |
| Creator | De Wet, Shaun Botha, Ilse Booyens, Marno | |
| Description | South Africa continues to exhibit high levels of debt-to-disposable income along with a high number of impaired credit records. The National Credit Act No. 34 of 2005 (NCA) was established in order to address these high levels. This study expands the limited research by investigating the NCA’s ability to reduce levels of over-indebtedness. The study employed quarterly data (2001-2013) in an OLS regression model in order to establish the determinants of over-indebtedness and assess the impact of the NCA. It was found that the macro-economic variables GDP, prime rate, property prices, consumer consumption expenditure, debt-to-disposable income and the level of unemployment were major contributors to the level of over-indebtedness. The NCA proved to have a positive significant effect on the levels of over-indebtedness, indicating that the NCA had not succeeded in its purpose of reducing the vulnerability of consumers to becoming over-indebted. The results suggest that the affordability assessment of the NCA must be improved in order to conduct a form of credit stress testing on consumers during their application for credit. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2015-04-30 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/jef.v8i1.85 | |
| Source | Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences; Vol 8, No 1 (2015); 83-104 2312-2803 1995-7076 | |
| Language | eng | |
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