BOK: CPI AND CORE INFLATION PROJECTIONS FOR THIS YEAR REMAIN LARGELY UNCHANGED AT 2.7% AND 2.5%, RESPECTIVELY, FROM THE AUGUST OUTLOOK

The Bank of Korea reported that its projections for this year's headline consumer price inflation (CPI) at 2.7% and core inflation at 2.5% are essentially unchanged from its August outlook. Because the central bank's inflation path is a key input into the policy rate trajectory, an unrevised forecast signals that the bank sees no new inflationary pressure requiring a shift in monetary stance, which keeps the rate-differential channel relatively stable for the won against major currencies. The most directly exposed instruments are Korean government bond yields and short-dated interest rate futures, where traders reprice expectations for the policy rate path whenever inflation projections move, as well as the won-dollar exchange rate. Given that the projections were not revised, the reaction is likely to be muted, and attention will shift to the next monthly consumer price release from Statistics Korea and the Bank of Korea's upcoming policy meeting, where updated forecasts and the governor's guidance on the inflation trajectory will determine whether current market pricing holds.

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