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While Fed Chairman Powell predicted a 'big step' rate hike of 0.75% consecutively, BOK Governor Chang-yong Lee maintained the position of 'maintaining a 0.25% hike' and 'no foreign currency outflows in an interest rate reversal'. At the annual International Economic Symposium attended by President Lee, Chairman Jerome Powell said on the 26th that "the Fed is moving its policy stance consciously ..

The Bank of Korea's Consumer Confidence Index (CCSI) fell 1.3p MoM to 103.1 in February, while inflation expectations rose 0.1%p and the future economic outlook fell 2p MoM, showing a high-inflation and low-wage system. The Bank of Korea announced on the 22nd that in the consumer survey in February, the current living situation decreased by 1p from the previous month, and the outlook for living ..

As imports and raw material prices soared, the dollar strengthened and import-led inflation continued to rise due to the reproduction of the slow-flationary slowdown in high inflation. As of November 20, imports increased 41.9% (USD 11.8 billion) from the same period last year to USD 39.8 billion, and exports amounted to USD 39.9 billion, an increase of 27.6% from USD 8.6 billion in the same per..

The US consumer price index rose 5.4% YoY in June and Korea rose 6.4%, higher than the previous year. The Bank of Korea announced on the 21st that, in contrast to the perceived price increase, statistics showed that agricultural products fell by 2.1% compared to the previous month. The BOK announced that the consumer price index for June rose 0.4% month-on-month and 6.4% year-on-year, rising for..

There was a side effect of the debt economy, where only low-credit interest rates rose, large corporations benefited from aggressive money release, and expected inflation rose. The National Assembly Budget Office said, "The expected inflation rate rose 0.5%p from 1.6% in June 2020 to 2.1% in April 2021. If interest rates rise, we cannot rule out the possibility of adjustment of stock prices and ..