Inflation Rate (CPI/HICP)
Live series
Economy / Monthly
3.1
KRW live macro board
South Korea Macro Data Board
South Korean won — proxy for global semiconductor demand and North Asian growth.
The South Korean won (KRW) is the official currency of South Korea. It is widely used as a real-time gauge of global semiconductor demand, North Asian manufacturing activity, and risk sentiment in EM Asia.
South Korea latest macro readings
A scan-ready view of the main KRW indicators, linking each series to its country page, latest announcement, and API endpoint.
Producer Price Index (PPI)
Live series
Economy / Monthly
7.93
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Live series
Economy / Quarterly
600,474.90
Unemployment Rate
Live series
Labor Market / Quarterly
2
Trade Balance
Live series
Economy / Monthly
40,143.20
Retail Sales
Live series
Economy / Monthly
122.9
10-Year Government Bond Yield
Live series
Government Bond Yields / Monthly
4.31
Business Confidence
Live series
Economy / Monthly
38
Consumer Confidence
Live series
Economy / Monthly
53.3
Current Account Balance
Live series
Economy / Monthly
40,894.80
Inflation MoM
Live series
Economy / Monthly
0.2
Employment Level
Live series
Labor Market / Annual
29,151,000
| Indicator | Latest | Previous | Change | Updated | Source | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Inflation Rate (CPI/HICP)
Economy
|
3.1 | 2.8 | +0.3 | 2026-08-31 | Statistics Korea | Page /Release /API |
|
Producer Price Index (PPI)
Economy
|
7.93 | 7.69 | +0.24 | 2026-09-17 | Statistics Korea | Page /Release /API |
|
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Economy
|
600,474.90 | 596,692.80 | +3,782.10 | 2026-07-22 | Statistics Korea | Page /Release /API |
|
Unemployment Rate
Labor Market
|
2 | 2.6 | -0.6 | 2026-08-31 | Source metadata | Page /Release /API |
|
Trade Balance
Economy
|
40,143.20 | 43,458.20 | -3,315 | 2026-09-03 | Statistics Korea | Page /Release /API |
|
Retail Sales
Economy
|
122.9 | 126.2 | -3.3 | 2026-07-31 | ABS | Page /Release /API |
|
10-Year Government Bond Yield
Government Bond Yields
|
4.31 | 4.26 | +0.05 | 2026-08-31 | Ministry of Economy and Finance | Page /Release /API |
|
Business Confidence
Economy
|
38 | 38.5 | -0.5 | 2026-09-28 | Bank of Korea | Page /Release /API |
|
Consumer Confidence
Economy
|
53.3 | 52.25 | +1.05 | 2026-09-22 | Bank of Korea | Page /Release /API |
|
Current Account Balance
Economy
|
40,894.80 | 44,427.60 | -3,532.80 | 2026-09-03 | Statistics Korea | Page /Release /API |
|
Inflation MoM
Economy
|
0.2 | -0.2 | +0.4 | 2026-08-31 | Statistics Korea | Page /Release /API |
|
Employment Level
Labor Market
|
29,151,000 | 29,136,000 | +15,000 | 2026-08-31 | Source metadata | Page /Release /API |
South Korea release calendar
Upcoming and recent macro events for the KRW country view.
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KRW currency market profile
Core identifiers, trading context, and product links for the KRW market.
Currency code
KRW
South Korean Won
Policy institution
Bank of Korea
Primary central-bank or monetary authority reference.
Primary USD pair
USD/KRW
Fast path into the FX pair dashboard and market profile.
Trading session
Tokyo
Approximate primary liquidity window used across FXMacroData pages.
Symbol
₩
Display symbol used in product surfaces.
Also known as
won
Common market shorthand where available.
South Korea macro brief
The highest-signal pages for South Korea include Inflation Rate (CPI/HICP), Producer Price Index (PPI), Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Unemployment Rate, with each page linking back to the source metadata, release history, and API endpoint.
The Bank of Korea (BoK) Monetary Policy Board sets the base rate eight times per year and targets 2% CPI inflation. The BoK publishes a Monetary Policy Report twice a year alongside its forecast updates.
For KRW research, combine the country-level release map with the USD/KRW dashboard, release calendar, and API reference so macro events, source metadata, and FX context stay connected.
The pages below are organized by indicator rather than API route. That keeps the public website useful for research while still preserving the versioned API contract for developers.
What to watch
- BoK base-rate decision and Governor press conference.
- Korea CPI release.
- Twenty-day and full-month export data.
- Quarterly GDP and current-account balance.
- USD/KRW spot and FX-stabilisation announcements.
South Korea source map
Publisher groups represented in the checked-in coverage catalogue for this market.
Bank of Korea
6 series
Statistics Korea
6 series
ABS
4 series
Ministry of Economy and Finance
3 series
Central Bank
3 series
RBA
2 series
Derived from policy_rate
1 series
South Korea coverage by category
The country hub keeps rate, inflation, labour, growth, trade, credit, and market data grouped into the same reusable structure across countries.
Economy
9 / 11
Labor Market
3 / 5
Money & Credit
2 / 3
Monetary Policy
1 / 2
Government Bond Yields
4 / 5
Additional Indicators
0 / 3
Key South Korea indicators
Highest-signal tracked releases for rates, inflation, growth, labour markets, and external balances.
Inflation Rate (CPI/HICP)
Headline inflation: the year-over-year percentage change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), the standard measure central banks target.
Published page
Monthly
%YoY
Starts pending
Economy
Producer Price Index (PPI)
Measures the average change over time in the selling prices received by domestic producers for their output.
Published page
Monthly
%YoY
Starts pending
Economy
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Gross domestic product: the total value of goods and services produced in the economy, its broadest measure of activity. Depending on the country, the headline series is published as a level or as a growth rate; the unit shown with each series says which.
Published page
Quarterly
KRW bn
Starts pending
Economy
Unemployment Rate
Percentage of the labor force that is unemployed.
Published page
Quarterly
%
Starts pending
Labor Market
Trade Balance
The difference between the value of a country's exports and imports.
Published page
Monthly
USD mn
Starts pending
Economy
Retail Sales
Measures change in the total value of sales at the retail level.
Published page
Monthly
Index (2020=100)
Starts pending
Economy
10-Year Government Bond Yield
Published page
Monthly
%
Starts pending
Government Bond Yields
Business Confidence
Survey-based measure of business executives' outlook on economic conditions, production, and investment plans.
Published page
Monthly
Index (0-100 normalized)
Starts pending
Economy
Published South Korea indicator pages
Filter by indicator name, source, cadence, or category.
Economy
9 pages
Business Confidence
Survey-based measure of business executives' outlook on economic conditions, production, and investment plans.
Monthly
Index (0-100 normalized)
Starts pending
Consumer Confidence
Survey-based measure of consumers' confidence in economic conditions, employment prospects, and personal finances.
Monthly
Index (0-100 normalized)
Starts pending
Current Account Balance
Measures trade in goods and services and income flows.
Monthly
USD mn
Starts pending
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Gross domestic product: the total value of goods and services produced in the economy, its broadest measure of activity. Depending on the country, the headline series is published as a level or as a growth rate; the unit shown with each series says which.
Quarterly
KRW bn
Starts pending
Inflation Rate (CPI/HICP)
Headline inflation: the year-over-year percentage change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), the standard measure central banks target.
Monthly
%YoY
Starts pending
Inflation MoM
Month-over-month change in the consumer price index, measuring short-term inflationary momentum.
Monthly
%MoM
Starts pending
Producer Price Index (PPI)
Measures the average change over time in the selling prices received by domestic producers for their output.
Monthly
%YoY
Starts pending
Retail Sales
Measures change in the total value of sales at the retail level.
Monthly
Index (2020=100)
Starts pending
Trade Balance
The difference between the value of a country's exports and imports.
Monthly
USD mn
Starts pending
Labor Market
3 pages
Employment Level
Total number of employed persons.
Annual
Persons
Starts pending
Labor Force Participation Rate
Ratio of the labor force to the working-age population.
Annual
%
Starts pending
Unemployment Rate
Percentage of the labor force that is unemployed.
Quarterly
%
Starts pending
Money & Credit
2 pages
Narrow Money (M1)
Currency in circulation + transaction deposits. RBNZ column A.
Monthly
KRW bn
Starts pending
M2 Money Supply
M1 + savings deposits (on-call). RBNZ derived: column A + B1.
Monthly
KRW bn
Starts pending
Monetary Policy
1 pages
Risk Free Rate
Overnight lending rate between banks.
Monthly
%
Starts pending
Government Bond Yields
4 pages
10-Year Government Bond Yield
Monthly
%
Starts pending
2-Year Government Bond Yield
Daily
%
Starts pending
3-Year Government Bond Yield
Monthly
%
Starts pending
5-Year Government Bond Yield
Monthly
%
Starts pending
Tracked South Korea data catalogue
Coverage families already represented in the FXMacroData catalogue, including pages whose detailed docs are still pending.
Economy
11 tracked
Business Confidence
Survey-based measure of business executives' outlook on economic conditions, production, and investment plans.
Published page
Monthly
Bank of Korea
Starts pending
Consumer Confidence
Survey-based measure of consumers' confidence in economic conditions, employment prospects, and personal finances.
Published page
Monthly
Bank of Korea
Starts pending
Core Inflation
CPI excluding volatile items like food and energy.
Tracked in catalogue
Quarterly
ABS
Starts pending
Current Account Balance
Measures trade in goods and services and income flows.
Published page
Monthly
Statistics Korea
Starts pending
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Gross domestic product: the total value of goods and services produced in the economy, its broadest measure of activity. Depending on the country, the headline series is published as a level or as a growth rate; the unit shown with each series says which.
Published page
Quarterly
Statistics Korea
Starts pending
Inflation Rate (CPI/HICP)
Headline inflation: the year-over-year percentage change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), the standard measure central banks target.
Published page
Monthly
Statistics Korea
Starts pending
Inflation MoM
Month-over-month change in the consumer price index, measuring short-term inflationary momentum.
Published page
Monthly
Statistics Korea
Starts pending
Producer Price Index (PPI)
Measures the average change over time in the selling prices received by domestic producers for their output.
Published page
Monthly
Statistics Korea
Starts pending
Retail Sales
Measures change in the total value of sales at the retail level.
Published page
Monthly
ABS
Starts pending
Trade Balance
The difference between the value of a country's exports and imports.
Published page
Monthly
Statistics Korea
Starts pending
Trade-Weighted Index (NEER)
Nominal Effective Exchange Rate (NEER) measuring the value of a currency relative to a basket of trading partners' currencies, weighted by trade volumes. Published monthly by the BIS.
Tracked in catalogue
Monthly
Bank of Korea
Starts pending
Labor Market
5 tracked
Employment Level
Total number of employed persons.
Published page
Annual
Starts pending
Full-Time Employment
Number of persons employed full-time.
Tracked in catalogue
Monthly
ABS
Starts pending
Part-Time Employment
Number of persons employed part-time.
Tracked in catalogue
Monthly
ABS
Starts pending
Labor Force Participation Rate
Ratio of the labor force to the working-age population.
Published page
Annual
Starts pending
Unemployment Rate
Percentage of the labor force that is unemployed.
Published page
Quarterly
Starts pending
Money & Credit
3 tracked
Narrow Money (M1)
Currency in circulation + transaction deposits. RBNZ column A.
Published page
Monthly
Bank of Korea
Starts pending
M2 Money Supply
M1 + savings deposits (on-call). RBNZ derived: column A + B1.
Published page
Monthly
Bank of Korea
Starts pending
Broad Money (M3)
M1 + savings + term deposits. RBNZ column A+B (broadest aggregate).
Tracked in catalogue
Monthly
Starts pending
Monetary Policy
2 tracked
Central Bank Policy Rate
Primary interest rate set by the Central Bank.
Tracked in catalogue
Monthly
Bank of Korea
Starts pending
Risk Free Rate
Overnight lending rate between banks.
Published page
Monthly
Derived from policy_rate
Starts pending
Government Bond Yields
5 tracked
10-Year Government Bond Yield
Published page
Monthly
Ministry of Economy and Finance
Starts pending
2-Year Government Bond Yield
Published page
Daily
RBA
Starts pending
3-Year Government Bond Yield
Published page
Monthly
Ministry of Economy and Finance
Starts pending
5-Year Government Bond Yield
Published page
Monthly
Ministry of Economy and Finance
Starts pending
Inflation-Linked Bond Yield
Tracked in catalogue
Daily
RBA
Starts pending
Additional Indicators
3 tracked
Central Bank Reserves - Domestic Currency
Tracked in catalogue
Monthly
Central Bank
Starts pending
Central Bank Reserves - Foreign Currency
Tracked in catalogue
Monthly
Central Bank
Starts pending
Central Bank Reserves - Gold
Tracked in catalogue
Monthly
Central Bank
Starts pending
South Korea guides and research
Explainers and analysis about South Korea and the KRW, with the by-country tables that put its numbers in context.
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Compare South Korea with other countries
Risk-free rates by country
The overnight benchmark rate for each currency, side by side.
Policy rates by country
Current central-bank policy rates across every covered market.
Inflation by country
Latest annual consumer price inflation for each market.
Government bond yields by country
Sovereign yields by maturity across covered markets.
KRW market drivers
Evergreen macro forces to keep beside the country data table.
Driver 1
BoK base rate and Monetary Policy Board guidance.
Driver 2
Korea CPI and core CPI.
Driver 3
Korea export data — particularly semiconductors and autos.
Driver 4
China activity, Taiwan tech cycle, and global semiconductor pricing.
Driver 5
USD/JPY moves (KRW often trades as a JPY proxy in Asia).
Driver 6
Geopolitical risk premium with North Korea.
KRW questions traders ask
Currency-specific context that helps interpret the country data before moving into endpoints or dashboards.
Why is the Korean won called a 'proxy' currency?
Korea is a major producer of memory semiconductors, displays, autos, and shipbuilding output. Its export data and FX rate are widely watched as real-time indicators of global tech demand and North Asian manufacturing health.
How often does the Bank of Korea meet?
The BoK Monetary Policy Board makes eight scheduled base-rate decisions per year, with a Monetary Policy Report and detailed forecasts published twice annually.
Is the Korean won freely convertible?
Onshore KRW is restricted to local participants and 'real demand' transactions, while non-deliverable forwards (NDFs) are widely traded offshore. Korean authorities have been progressively expanding offshore trading hours and access for foreign investors.
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