Assessing rate hike pressures for Japan and South Korea
Opinion by Padhraic Garvey, CFA
10 July

Assessing rate hike pressures for Japan and South Korea

We target the BoJ to eventually get to 2%, while the BoK gets to 3.5%, with the latter more probable than the former

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Min Joo Kang
Min Joo Kang

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Asia’s consumer recovery: winners and laggards
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Asia’s consumer recovery: winners and laggards

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ING lifts South Korea 2026 GDP growth forecast to 4% from 3%
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22 June

ING lifts South Korea 2026 GDP growth forecast to 4% from 3%

We now expect Bank of Korea to deliver 100 bp of hikes by first half of 2027

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