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  • KOSPI 2656.17 -29.67 -1.10%
  • KOSDAQ 891.91 -2.57 -0.29%
  • KOSPI200 357.33 -3.98 -1.10%
  • USD/KRW 1339.5 +3 +0.22%
  • JPY100/KRW 889.65 -6.76 -0.75%
  • EUR/KRW 1452.82 -0.36 -0.02%
  • CNH/KRW 185.72 +0.24 +0.13%
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Equity Indices
Last Today’s
Change
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52 week
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KOSPI 2,656.17 -29.67
-1.10%
2,429.12 2,718.76
KOSDAQ 891.91 -2.57
-0.29%
786.28 894.39
KOSPI200 357.33 -3.98
-1.10%
325.10 366.68
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Bonds and rates

Bonds and rates
Rate Today’s
Change
BOK benchmark rate 3.50% 0.00
Call rate (Overnight) 3.46% -0.02
KORIBOR (3 month) 0.00% 0.00
Monetary Stabilization Bonds 0.00% 0.00
Korean Treasury 3 years 3.35% 0.04
Korean Treasury 5 years 3.38% 0.04
Coporate Bond 3 years, AA- 3.99% 0.04
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Currencies

Currencies
FX Rate Today’s
Change
USD/KRW 1339.5 3.00
0.22%
JPY(100)/KRW 889.65 -6.76
-0.76%
GBP/KRW 1698.22 -3.28
-0.19%
CNH/KRW 185.72 0.24
0.13%
EUR/KRW 1452.82 -0.36
-0.02%
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  • Foreign exchange

    Korean investors’ yen savings flirt with record high

    South Korean retail investors, hunting for bargains, have flocked to shovel in the Japanese currency hovering around its record low value in anticipation of an end to the Bank of Japan’s negative rate policy in eight years, but their investment

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  • Economy

    Korea eyes $1.5 bn injection in KDB for chip, battery sectors

    South Korea may inject some 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion) into Korea Development Bank (KDB) by the end of this month to support the state-run bank's financing plans focused on the chip and secondary battery industries, according to the government on

    Mar 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

    1 Min read
  • Shareholder activism

    Samsung C&T defeats activist funds in proxy battle

    Activist funds arm in arm to demand higher dividends from Samsung C&T Corp. got defeated in a proxy fight against the de facto holding firm of Samsung Group as the lion’s share of its shareholders sided with the company. During Samsung C&am

    Mar 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

    3 Min read
  • Aerospace & Defense

    KASA, Korea’s NASA, embarks on hunt for space talent

    South Korea seeking to join the global space power club is set to recruit about 120 local and foreign space experts for the country’s space agency, which will orchestrate national space programs like the National Aeronautics and Space Administr

    Mar 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

    3 Min read
  • Central bank

    South Korea, odd one out in new global gold rush

    South Korea has remained muted to a new gold rush fueled by various central banks across the world gobbling up the precious metal, raising concerns that Asia’s fourth-largest economy is one of a handful of nations missing out on the great profi

    Mar 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

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Market Moving Macro Indicators

Economic Growth

Currencies
Value
GDP Growth Rate (Quarterly, real) 0.60%
GDP Growth Rate (Annual, real) 1.40%
GDP (real) 525,053
GDP (nominal) 588,661
GDP per capita (nominal, USD 2023) 33,128
GNI per capita (nominal, USD 2023) 33,745
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Inflation

Inflation
Previous month A year earlier
CPI 112.88 112.13 109.16
Core CPI 111.28 110.68 110.09
PPI 121.26 120.99 120.25
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2015=100

Employment

Employment
QoQ change YoY change
Economically Active Pop 29,322 131 0
Payroll 28,518 -167 0
Previous month A year earlier
Unemployment rate 2.60% 2.30 2.60
Employment rate 0.00% 0.00 0.00
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Macroprudential

Macroprudential
MoM change YoY change
Current Account (million USD) 7,571 7,495 7,420
FX Reserve (million USD) 420,147,908 5,969,790 5,910,092
External Debt (million USD) 663,631 14,309 663,631
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Business Cycle

Business Cycle
Previous month A year earlier
Business Survey Index 68 69 72
Consumer Sentment Index 101.9 101.6 92
Coincident Composite Index 111.5 111.1 110.5
Composite Leading Index 113.7 113.4 111.8
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