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The Bank of Korea raised its base rate for the first time in three and a half years, with variable mortgage rates at the five major banks (KB Kookmin, Shinhan, Hana, Woori, NH Nonghyup) already at 4.13-6.58% as of the 16th and the upper bound seen breaching 8% if additional hikes materialize. Higher funding costs squeeze household debt-servicing capacity and housing demand, pressuring Korean consumer spending and construction/real-estate-linked equities while supporting bank net interest margins and the won via a narrower rate gap with the Fed. Watch the BOK's forward guidance on additional hikes and household loan growth data, as an 8% mortgage rate would sharply raise delinquency and consumption-drag risks for the KOSPI.
As a Macro signal, watch whether it changes price action, volatility, or flows around KOSPI, KRW=X, 105560.
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