Interactive Brokers - Asia-Pacific: The Week Ahead (Mar 25-Apr 1)
South Korea is set to release a slew of new economic updates in the week ahead, including consumer and business confidence, retail sales and an update on its slowing manufacturing sector.
South Korea’s economy has been battered recently, amid intensified risks from the U.S. Federal Reserve’s monetary policy normalization, as well as uncertainties over US-China trade talks.
Meanwhile, a somewhat slower pace of global economic growth has generally stymied the country’s exports, as well as its labor market and rate of inflation. In fact, South