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4 stories tagged “interest-rates”, each from official Korean data with its source and timestamp.
Korea's bond curve, one day: 3.47% at a year, 4.64% at thirty — then it dips
On 2026-09-04, Bank of Korea's own reference yields ran from 3.47% at one year to a peak of 4.64% at thirty years, then fell back to 4.54% at fifty. The long end of Korea's curve is not a straight climb.
Korea's 3-year/10-year bond spread stayed positive and widened a little over two weeks
Over nine trading days to 2026-08-21, the gap between Korea's 10-year and 3-year government bond yields ran 0.46 to 0.60 points, ending near 0.55 — never inverted. It widened from the long end: the 10-year rose, the 3-year held. Not advice.
Korea is quietly moving onto floating rates — and companies are moving fastest
Over the year to June 2026 the fixed-rate share of won bank loans fell for every borrower: companies 39% to 31%, households 47% to 44%, mortgages 66% to 63%. More of the loan book now reprices when rates move. Not advice.
Every kind of Korean bank loan turned more variable this year. Companies moved fastest.
The fixed-rate share of outstanding bank loans fell across corporates, households and mortgages over the year to June. Companies led it, dropping nearly eight points to 31%. Mortgages stayed the most fixed, at 63%.