# Korea Exchange Rate May 2019 - FocusEconomics

> The article is a short excerpt noting that a weaker US dollar could help Korean exporters' price competitiveness while raising import costs. It gives no specific new event.

- Date: 2019-05-20 · published 2019-05-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region South Korea · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59318-korea-exchange-rate-may-2019-focuseconomics
- Commodities: [Korean Won (KRW per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDKRW.md)

## Why it matters

The exchange-rate swing affects Korean import costs for feed, but the excerpt adds little new market information.

## Read by commodity

- USDKRW: neutral

## Sources

- focus-economics.com: https://www.focus-economics.com/countries/korea/news/exchange-rate/won-slumps-as-us-china-trade-war-rumbles-on/

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