In June, South Korea's foreign exchange reserves decreased by $620 million.

Last year, the net profit of domestic banks' overseas branches reached $1.33 billion, marking an increase of $340 million compared to the previous year.

As the US released mixed economic indicators and adjusted the number of interest rate cuts this year from three to one, uncertainty about the direction of interest rates has increased.

The blanket ban on short selling, which was extended until the end of this month, will be extended until March 30 next year.

The three major internet-only banks have reported their best-ever quarterly performances in the first quarter of this year.

As real gross domestic product(GDP) grew by 1.3% in the first quarter of this year compared to the previous quarter, the Bank of Korea raised this year’s economic growth rate from 2.1% to 2.5%.

As of the end of last year, Korea’s corporate debt was calculated to be KRW 2,734 trillion.

The Financial Supervisory Service has decided that the compensation ratio for incomplete sales of equity-linked securities(ELS) based on Hong Kong’s Hang Seng China Enterprise Index (H Index) will be 30-65%.

Domestic bond interest rates are on the rise.

By the end of March, the Korean government had collected 120.6 trillion won of public funds, 71.5% of the total.