The Korean won traded in a narrow range around 1,455 per dollar on February 11, pressured by global dollar weakness and exporter selling, as markets awaited key U.S. jobs data and KDI raised South Korea’s 2024 growth outlook.
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[Seoul Foreign Exchange Market]Range-Bound Trading Amid Weak Dollar and Exporter Selling—Down 3.70 Won
The Korean won traded in a narrow range around 1,455 per dollar on February 11, pressured by global dollar weakness and exporter selling, as markets awaited key U.S. jobs data and KDI raised South Korea’s 2024 growth outlook.
KDI Appoints Kim Se-jik, Professor Emeritus at Seoul National University, as New President
Kim Se-jik, Professor Emeritus at Seoul National University, has been appointed as the new President of the Korea Development Institute (KDI), with a three-year term through February 2029.
KDI Warns 'Long Working Hours and Rigid Corporate Culture Undermine Workers' Cognitive Skills—Compensation System Needs Overhaul'
South Korea's KDI warns that long working hours and rigid corporate culture are eroding workers' cognitive skills, urging a shift to performance-based pay and improved training to address rapid declines with age.
South Korea’s Ministry of Economy and Finance will launch a Government Bond Market Advisory Committee in Q1 2026, aiming to strengthen market oversight ahead of the nation’s WGBI inclusion and amid rising bond issuance.
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Ministry of Economy and Finance to Launch Government Bond Market Advisory Committee in Q1—Preliminary Meeting with Institutional Investors
South Korea’s Ministry of Economy and Finance will launch a Government Bond Market Advisory Committee in Q1 2026, aiming to strengthen market oversight ahead of the nation’s WGBI inclusion and amid rising bond issuance.
The Korea Development Institute (KDI) reports that ultra-short-hour workers in South Korea have surged by over 1 million in 12 years, urging a review of the weekly holiday allowance system to address rising labor market distortions and employer cost burdens.
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KDI Says Current NCR Creates 'Illusion of Soundness'—Calls for Stricter Regulation of Major Securities Firms
South Korea's KDI warns that the current Net Capital Ratio (NCR) creates a false sense of soundness for large securities firms, urging stricter, risk-sensitive regulation as leverage and systemic risk surge.
South Korea’s CDS premium remains stable in the low 20bp range despite a sharp rise in the won-dollar exchange rate, signaling robust external soundness and positive market sentiment, with analysts citing strong fundamentals and supply-demand factors as key drivers.
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'Still a Rate-Cut Cycle' Says Bank of Korea—KDI Turns Hawkish
The Bank of Korea maintains its dovish stance on rate cuts, while the Korea Development Institute unexpectedly turns hawkish, signaling the end of the easing cycle and raising its 2025 growth forecast to 1.8%, highlighting a rare policy role reversal between the two institutions.
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