South Korea KR

Currency: KRW. Central bank: Bank of Korea. KRW/USD: 0.0007.

Macro read

Consolidated decision read: what to monitor, why it matters, and where the data is still thin.

Regime scenario

Low risk

Reflation

Growth at or above trend with inflation above target.

Growth Moderate 6.8 · Inflation Above target 5.8 · weakest: Monetary 5.0, Fiscal 5.4

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growth momentuminflation trendcentral bank stance

Macro regime

Six dimensions, scored from 0 to 10. Radar shows the overall shape; cards show trend and label per dimension.

Growth

6.8Worsening

moderate

Inflation

5.8Improving

above target

Labor

5.6Stable

balanced

Monetary

5.0Worsening

neutral

External

8.0Stable

strong

Fiscal

5.4Stable

neutral

Key indicators

Cross-country comparable indicators with 5-year micro history. Latest bar in gold; missing indicators render with a baseline.

South Korea GDP YoY

3.36%

South Korea CPI YoY

2.82%

South Korea Unemployment rate

2.60%

BOK base rate

3.00%

Korea 10y government bond yield

4.45%

South Korea Current account % GDP

20.85% of GDP

South Korea Government debt % GDP

52.40% of GDP

South Korea Fiscal balance % GDP

-2.30% of GDP

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