ECOS · Bank of Korea Economic Statistics System
Korea Economic Dashboard
A single dashboard for reading Korea's policy rate, market rates, won-dollar exchange rate, FX reserves, inflation, and liquidity on a shared timeline.
As of 2026.08 · USD/KRW 1,404 KRW · CPI YoY +3.1%
Overview
The numbers to read first
Policy rates, exchange rates, inflation, and FX reserves are the starting point for reading macro pressure.
Rates and market transmission
FX Buffer
Exchange rate and FX reserves
When the won weakens, FX reserves are the market-stability buffer. The level and monthly change should be read together.
USD/KRW and FX reserves
Current account and reserve changes
Prices
Inflation and import pressure
Headline CPI, living costs, core inflation, and import prices separate policy pressure from exchange-rate pass-through.
Inflation rates
Money supply and household loans
Reading
Read it as household pressure
The dashboard turns separate indicators into rate burden, price burden, and external buffer signals.
The bank loan-deposit rate spread is 1.1pt. This difference alone does not establish an individual borrower’s interest burden or a bank’s profit margin.
Consumer prices changed by +3.1% year on year, and the living necessities index changed by +3.2%. Its separate basket and each household’s spending mix can produce different experiences of inflation.
FX reserves stand at 442.3B USD. During FX stress, both the level and the pace of decline matter.
Source: ECOS · Bank of Korea Economic Statistics System · Monthly base rate, market rate, FX, FX reserves, price, money supply, household loans, and current account data
Reading different economic indicators together
Indicators on one screen can have different months, units and aggregation methods. Identify the question each series answers before comparing movements.
The policy rate is 3.0% for 2026.08; USD/KRW is 1,404 KRW for 2026.08. Reference months are shown separately because releases can differ.
Policy rates and lending rates answer different questions
The policy rate sets a monetary-policy reference; government bond and CD rates reflect market conditions; deposit and loan rates describe banking transactions. Their changes need not have the same size or timing.
The loan-deposit spread subtracts deposit rates from lending rates in the same month, in percentage points. For example, 5% minus 3% is 2 percentage points, not an individual borrower’s loan terms or a bank’s net profit margin.
Check exchange-rate and reserve units
An exchange rate is the won price of a unit of foreign currency. A higher value means more won is needed for that currency. Monthly series are neither live quotes nor retail exchange prices.
Foreign reserves are asset balances. Monthly changes can reflect transactions and changes in the dollar value of foreign-currency assets, so a decline is not a direct measure of market intervention.
Do not add stocks and flows
M2 and household loans measure money and loan balances; the current account measures external transactions during a period. A reserve balance and one month’s current account cannot be added just because both are monetary amounts.
Growth rates use comparable observations from the same month a year earlier. Rising money or loans alone do not predict subsequent inflation or house prices.
Reference periods and definitions
ChartKo collects monthly ECOS series. Release lags mean card dates can differ, and blank chart months are missing values. Search the table codes below in ECOS to check units and original notes.
This screen supports learning and comparison. Check averages, end-period balances and seasonal adjustment before comparing; correlation alone does not establish causation.
Original data and corrections
- ECOS · 722Y001 / 721Y001 / 121Y006 / 121Y002 · Interest rates
- ECOS · 731Y006 / 731Y004 / 732Y001 · Exchange rates and reserves
- ECOS · 901Y009 / 901Y010 / 401Y015 · Prices
- ECOS · 161Y005 / 151Y002 / 301Y017 · Money, loans and current account
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