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South Korea · Aug 6, 2026 · 2 min read
South Korea recorded a current account surplus of 49.73 billion dollars in June 2026 on the Bank of Korea's preliminary estimate, released…
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South Korea · Aug 4, 2026 · 4 min read
South Korea's exports reached 98.89 billion dollars in July, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources, with semiconductor shipments of…
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South Korea · Aug 3, 2026 · 5 min read
Gulf equities held firm on Monday even as crude oil tumbled on the OPEC+ decision to raise September output, while Asian markets…
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Global · Jul 31, 2026 · 6 min read
All industry production rose 2.3 percent on the month in June and 4.2 percent on the year, with manufacturing output up 6.8…
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Global · Jul 30, 2026 · 5 min read
Asian markets were mostly softer on Thursday as the region digested a hawkish hold from the US Federal Reserve and a sharp…
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Global · Jul 16, 2026 · 6 min read
Asia's whipsaw week found its policy trigger on Thursday and the Gulf closed its first full week of the escalation barely changed.…
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Global · Jul 16, 2026 · 2 min read
The Bank of Korea raised its benchmark base rate by 25 basis points to 2.75 percent from 2.50 percent on 16 July,…
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Global · Jul 11, 2026 · 3 min read
Bank of Korea Governor Shin Hyun-song told lawmakers on Thursday that interest rates will need to rise, the clearest signal yet that…
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Markets · Jul 7, 2026 · 4 min read
Asian equity markets fell sharply on Tuesday in a renewed technology-led selloff, led by a steep drop in South Korea, while Gulf…
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South Korea recorded a current account surplus of 49.73 billion dollars in June 2026 on the Bank of Korea’s preliminary estimate, released on 6 August at 08:00 Seoul time. The financial account showed a net acquisition of assets of 46.71 billion dollars in the same month. Both figures are several multiples of the year-earlier readings….
South Korea’s exports reached 98.89 billion dollars in July, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources, with semiconductor shipments of 41.01 billion dollars, up 178.8 percent on the same month a year earlier. Imports were 68.56 billion dollars and the trade surplus was 30.32 billion dollars. June exports were 102.25 billion dollars, an…
Gulf equities held firm on Monday even as crude oil tumbled on the OPEC+ decision to raise September output, while Asian markets were mixed as South Korea gave back part of last week’s record rally. Most Gulf benchmarks rose, led by Dubai and a broad advance across Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, and Brent crude fell…
All industry production rose 2.3 percent on the month in June and 4.2 percent on the year, with manufacturing output up 6.8 percent after a fall in May.
Asian markets were mostly softer on Thursday as the region digested a hawkish hold from the US Federal Reserve and a sharp Wall Street selloff, while oil held near 90 dollars after its surge and Gulf bourses firmed on the stronger crude bid. Chinese and South Korean shares led the declines, with the Shenzhen Component…
Asia’s whipsaw week found its policy trigger on Thursday and the Gulf closed its first full week of the escalation barely changed. The Bank of Korea raised its policy rate 25 basis points to 2.75 percent, its first increase since January 2023, and Seoul’s Kospi fell 6.37 percent to 6,820.60, handing back almost exactly Wednesday’s…
The Bank of Korea raised its benchmark base rate by 25 basis points to 2.75 percent from 2.50 percent on 16 July, its first interest rate increase since early 2023. The decision, which reversed the recent easing bias, was reported as unanimous. The central bank pointed to persistent inflation, a weaker won and stronger-than-expected growth….
Bank of Korea Governor Shin Hyun-song told lawmakers on Thursday that interest rates will need to rise, the clearest signal yet that Asia’s fourth-largest economy is turning toward tightening as war-driven energy costs push inflation further above target ahead of the central bank’s rate decision on Thursday 16 July. “I believe there needs to be…
Asian equity markets fell sharply on Tuesday in a renewed technology-led selloff, led by a steep drop in South Korea, while Gulf markets held broadly firm and Egypt extended its recent gains, leaving MENA markets sharply outperforming a weak Asian session. The heaviest losses came from Asia. South Korea’s KOSPI plunged 4.91 percent to 7,656.31,…