Policy Issues

Number Subject Publisher Date
850 Government Plans to Set Up National Growth Fund Worth KRW150 Trillion to Propel Economic Growth   The Financial Services Commission along with related government ministries, industry officials, and financial companies held a public conference on September 10 to seek ways to propel economic growth through the establishment and operation of National Growth Fund in the size of KRW150 trillion-plus for the next five years. Financial Services Commission 2025.09.11
849 Monthly Industrial Statistics, July 2025   1. Production Trend ¡à The Index of All industry production in July increased by 0.3 percent from the previous month. Statistics Korea 2025.09.04
848 Financial Authorities of Korea and Vietnam Meet to Discuss Strengthening Cooperation on Capital Mark   Vice Chairman Kwon Dae-young of the Financial Services Commission met with Vietnam¡¯s Deputy Minister of Finance Nguyen Duc Chi at his office in Seoul Government Complex on August 25 as a follow-up to the bilateral summit meeting held between Korea and Vietnam on August 11, 2025. Financial Services Commission 2025.08.28
847 Household Loans, July 2025   In July 2025, the outstanding balance of household loans across all financial sectors increased KRW2.2 trillion (preliminary), rising at a significantly slower pace compared with the previous month (up KRW6.5 trillion), with the volume of growth falling to the lowest level since March this year. Financial Services Commission 2025.08.18
846 Economically Active Population Survey in July 2025   [Economically active population and labor force participation rate] ◦ The economically active population marked 29.754 million persons in July, which grew 160 thousand persons or 0.5 year-on-year. ◦ The labor force participation rate stood at 65.0 in July, up 0.1p year-on-year. Statistics Korea 2025.08.18
845 FSC-FSS-KRX Launch Joint Response Team to Root Out Stock Market Manipulation   ¡à The Consumer Price Index was 116.52(2020=100) in July 2025. The index increased 0.2 percent from the preceding month and rose 2.1 percent from the same month of the previous year. Financial Services Commission 2025.08.07
844 Consumer Price Index in July 2025   ¡à The Consumer Price Index was 116.52(2020=100) in July 2025. The index increased 0.2 percent from the preceding month and rose 2.1 percent from the same month of the previous year. Statistics Korea 2025.08.07
843 Authorities Propose Plans to Set Up Anti-vishing Platform Using Artificial Intelligence Analytics   The Financial Services Commission held a meeting with related authorities, private sector experts, and financial industry associations on July 28 and introduced measures to step up anti-vishing response efforts and set up a comprehensive anti-vishing platform using artificial intelligence (AI) analytics. Financial Services Commission 2025.07.31
842 Monthly Industrial Statistics, June 2025   1. Production Trend ¡à The Index of All industry production in June increased by 1.2 percent from the previous month. ¡à The Index of All industry production in June increased by 0.8 percent from the same period of the previous year. Statistics Korea 2025.07.31
841 FSC Identifies D-SIBs and D-SIFIs for 2026   The Financial Services Commission identified five bank holding companies (BHCs) and five banks as domestic systemically important banks (D-SIBs) and domestic systemically important financial institutions (D-SIFIs) for 2026 at the 14th regular meeting held on July 23. Those selected for 2026 are same as the previous year¡¯s list of selection—Shinhan Financial Group, KB Financial Group, Hana Financial Group, Woori Financial Group, NH Financial Group, Shinhan Bank, Woori Bank, KB Kookmin Bank, KEB Hana Bank, and NH Bank Financial Services Commission 2025.07.25