Korean inflation for August provides another excuse to raise rates
Although the headline inflation rate looks to be driven mostly by food anomalies which probably reflect the recent weakness of the Korean won, a rise in…
Bank of Korea still eyeing hikes later this year
Even though daily Covid-19 cases in South Korea have been edging higher in recent weeks, the message from the Bank of Korea today, as they left policy…
South Korea: Short term risks, long term payoffs
Korea was one of the most successful countries in Asia at combatting the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, managing to avoid mass lockdowns. But it is now being…
South Korea's unemployment rate rose from 3.8% to 4.5% in May, but employment is increased too on a monthly basis, so if such a thing is possible,…
Much of the US may tack on an extra day's vacation after yesterday's Thanksgiving, but that won't stop Asia from pouring out data today on…
