Asia-Pacific

Bank of Korea

Too few recent speeches for a current tone.

Speeches: 107
First speech: Oct 8, 1998
Latest speech: Jun 12, 2026
Tone vs coming rate moves: +0.25; rank correlation

Does the tone run ahead of the rate?

Speech tone over the previous three months, and the policy rate at the end of each month, on the same timeline. Hover over either chart to read the same month in both.

Speech tone

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Latest speeches

Each speech's tone is the average over its sentences about policy, prices, rates or the economy. Open a speech to read it in full.

Date	Speech	Tone
Jun 12, 2026	Hyun Song Shin: Speech - 76th Anniversary of the Bank of Korea Tommaso Hyun Song Shin	+0.39
Apr 21, 2026	Hyun Song Shin: Inaugural address Hyun Song Shin	+0.13
Apr 20, 2026	Chang Yong Rhee: Farewell address Chang Yong Rhee	+0.08
Mar 5, 2026	Chang Yong Rhee: The future of Asia - can it remain the engine of global growth? Chang Yong Rhee	−0.04
Sep 18, 2025	Chang Yong Rhee: Korea's integrated policy framework story - extending into the effective lower bound era Chang Yong Rhee	−0.18
Jul 16, 2025	Chang Yong Rhee: Post-pandemic monetary policy in Korea - toward an integrated policy framework Chang Yong Rhee	−0.04
Jun 12, 2025	Chang Yong Rhee: Speech - 75th Anniversary of the Bank of Korea Chang Yong Rhee	−0.18
Apr 21, 2025	Chang Yong Rhee: Navigating political uncertainty while maintaining independence Chang Yong Rhee	−0.34
Mar 14, 2025	Chang Yong Rhee: Sustainability challenges in Korea Chang Yong Rhee	−0.14
Jan 2, 2025	Chang Yong Rhee: New Year Speech Chang Yong Rhee	−0.19
Dec 23, 2024	Chang Yong Rhee: An Integrated Policy Framework - application to Korea's monetary policy Chang Yong Rhee	+0.03
Jun 12, 2024	Chang Yong Rhee: Speech - 74th Anniversary of the Bank of Korea Chang Yong Rhee	−0.03
Feb 13, 2024	Chang Yong Rhee: Speech - Korean Economic Associations annual meeting Chang Yong Rhee	−0.24
Jun 20, 2023	Chang Yong Rhee: Welcoming remarks - International Conference on Green Finance Chang Yong Rhee	−0.10
Jan 2, 2023	Chang Yong Rhee: New Year Speech Chang Yong Rhee	+0.20
Dec 20, 2022	Chang Yong Rhee: Review on Inflation Targeting Operations Chang Yong Rhee	+0.19
Nov 11, 2022	Chang Yong Rhee: The challenges of Korean economy after COVID-19 - growth and stability Chang Yong Rhee	+0.02
Oct 15, 2022	Chang Yong Rhee: Korea's monetary policy amid an accelerated global monetary tightening Chang Yong Rhee	+0.07
Sep 28, 2022	Chang Yong Rhee: Central bank digital currency - what we have learned from a recent hands-on experiment Chang Yong Rhee	−0.06
Aug 27, 2022	Chang Yong Rhee: Lessons from unconventional monetary policy for small open economies and emerging markets Chang Yong Rhee	−0.12
Aug 22, 2022	Chang Yong Rhee: Enhancing East Asia's regional financial safety net Chang Yong Rhee	+0.02
Jun 10, 2022	Chang Yong Rhee: 72nd anniversary of the Bank of Korea Chang Yong Rhee	+0.18
Jun 2, 2022	Chang Yong Rhee: Opening address Chang Yong Rhee	−0.06
Apr 21, 2022	Chang Yong Rhee: Inaugural address Chang Yong Rhee	−0.09
Jan 3, 2022	Juyeol Lee: New Year Speech Juyeol Lee	+0.22
Jan 4, 2021	Juyeol Lee: New Year Speech Juyeol Lee	−0.25
Jun 12, 2020	Juyeol Lee: 70th anniversary of the Bank of Korea Juyeol Lee	−0.33
Jan 2, 2020	Juyeol Lee: New Year Speech Juyeol Lee	−0.22
Jun 12, 2019	Juyeol Lee: 69th anniversary of the Bank of Korea Juyeol Lee	−0.06
Jan 2, 2019	Juyeol Lee: New Year Speech Juyeol Lee	−0.08
Nov 19, 2018	Juyeol Lee: Opening address - BOK-BIS Joint Conference Juyeol Lee	−0.02
Jun 12, 2018	Juyeol Lee: 68th anniversary of the Bank of Korea Juyeol Lee	−0.02
Jun 4, 2018	Juyeol Lee: Opening address - 2018 Bank of Korea International Conference Juyeol Lee	−0.31
Apr 2, 2018	Juyeol Lee: Inaugural address Juyeol Lee	−0.08
Jan 2, 2018	Juyeol Lee: New Year Speech Juyeol Lee	+0.05
Nov 3, 2017	Myun-Shik Yoon: Opening address - BOK-SNU Institute for Research in Finance and Economics International Conference "Changing Inflation Dynamics" Myun-Shik Yoon	−0.22
Sep 7, 2017	Juyeol Lee: Prospects and challenges for sustained growth in Asia Juyeol Lee	+0.04
Jun 12, 2017	Juyeol Lee: 67th anniversary of the Bank of Korea Juyeol Lee	+0.01
Jun 1, 2017	Juyeol Lee: Opening address - 2017 Bank of Korea International Conference Juyeol Lee	−0.13
Apr 26, 2017	Juyeol Lee: Opening remarks - 2017 IARIW-BOK Special Conference Juyeol Lee	+0.01
Jan 2, 2017	Juyeol Lee: New Year speech Juyeol Lee	−0.13
Jul 19, 2016	Juyeol Lee: Challenges faced by small open economies and the appropriate monetary policy responses Juyeol Lee	−0.22
Jun 10, 2016	Juyeol Lee: Bank of Korea's 66th anniversary Juyeol Lee	−0.19
May 30, 2016	Juyeol Lee: Employment and growth: roles of macroeconomic policy and structural reform Juyeol Lee	−0.12
Jan 4, 2016	Juyeol Lee: New Year speech Juyeol Lee	−0.08
Dec 11, 2015	Juyeol Lee: Leverage in Asia Juyeol Lee	−0.26
Jun 12, 2015	Juyeol Lee: Bank of Korea's 65th anniversary Juyeol Lee	−0.19
Jan 2, 2015	Juyeol Lee: New Year speech Juyeol Lee	−0.21
Nov 20, 2014	Juyeol Lee: Rebalancing an economy after the global financial crisis Juyeol Lee	−0.17
Jun 12, 2014	Juyeol Lee: Bank of Korea's 64th anniversary Juyeol Lee	−0.09
Apr 1, 2014	Juyeol Lee: Inaugural address Juyeol Lee	+0.10
Mar 31, 2014	Choongsoo Kim: A "World leading, global BOK" Choongsoo Kim	−0.06
Feb 24, 2014	Choongsoo Kim: Strengthening central bank cooperation Choongsoo Kim	−0.03
Jan 2, 2014	Choongsoo Kim: New Year Speech Choongsoo Kim	−0.02
Jun 26, 2013	Choongsoo Kim: Rebalancing the macroeconomy for robust growth - challenges and resolutions Choongsoo Kim	−0.16
Jun 14, 2013	Choongsoo Kim: Bank of Korea's 63rd anniversary Choongsoo Kim	−0.10
Apr 8, 2013	Choongsoo Kim: Harmonious operation of macroprudential and monetary policies, and challenges Choongsoo Kim	−0.10
Jan 2, 2013	Choongsoo Kim: The past year in retrospect, challenges and resolutions for 2013 Choongsoo Kim	−0.10
Dec 11, 2012	Choongsoo Kim: Strengthening the resilience of the financial system in Asia and the Pacific Choongsoo Kim	−0.14
Nov 14, 2012	Jun Il Kim: Achieving balanced growth and promoting economic development Jun Il Kim	+0.15

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