MOEF
The Ministry of Economy and Finance plans to issue Korea Treasury Bonds worth approximately 10,500 billion won in August 2024 through competitive bidding.
FSC
The Financial Services Commission announced that this year’s global fintech expo, 2024 Korea Fintech Week, is scheduled to kick off on August 27 with major fintech businesses, financial companies, related organizations, academic institutions, and foreign governments and organizations participating at Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) in Seoul.
FSC
Vice Chairman Kim Soyoung of the Financial Services Commission visited London, the United Kingdom (UK) from July 16 to 19 in an effort to promote Korea’s capital market reform and corporate value-up programs to global investors and to strengthen financial cooperation between Korea and the UK.
BOK
Real gross domestic product (chained volume measure of GDP) decreased by 0.2 percent in the second quarter of 2024 compared to the previous quarter―in year-on-year terms it increased by 2.3%.
BOK
The Composite Consumer Sentiment Index (CCSI) for July 2024 stood at 103.6, higher than that in June by 2.7 points.