South Korean consumer prices rose 2.9% in September, a pace 0.4 points faster than August once last year's telecom-discount base effect is removed. Core inflation is at about its highest this year, and the Bank of Korea sees October near 3%, against a 2% target.
Perspective Coverage
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- Builder
- Builder 5%
- Operator
- Operator 38%
- Investor
- Investor 57%
Reality
- Evidence78
- Adoption
- Insufficient
- Hype gap−5
- Incentives40
- Confidence72
Statistics Korea says relative poverty among South Koreans aged 66 and over fell 2.1 points to 37.7% in 2024, still the OECD's highest. Part of the gain comes from government-created jobs for older people, so further declines depend on that spending continuing.
Reality
- Evidence58
- Adoption
- Insufficient
- Hype gap+8
- Incentives
- Insufficient
- Confidence60
Rep. Song Ok-joo plans a bill letting designated nonprofits buy and lease Korean farmland after prices fell 34.3% and trading halved since 2021. Buying all the land flagged in July's survey would cost about 93 times this year's Farmland Bank budget.
Reality
- Evidence60
- Adoption
- Insufficient
- Hype gap+10
- Incentives55
- Confidence58
Three years of falling course traffic has stopped being a footfall story and started showing up in issuer margins. The pandemic golf cohort looks like borrowed demand.
Reality
- Evidence64
- Adoption66
- Hype gap+16
- Incentives44
- Confidence58
Consensus asks Nvidia for a 16% sequential step and July core PCE for exactly 3.3%, while the Bank of Korea is expected to upgrade growth into the 3% range. Positioning now owns all three.
Reality
- Evidence28
- Adoption18
- Hype gap+24
- Incentives32
- Confidence34
Hypermarket share of Korean retail fell 13.6 points since 2018 while online passed half of all sales. New research finds neighbouring shops gain when the malls open.
Reality
- Evidence58
- Adoption32
- Hype gap+24
- Incentives55
- Confidence48