# FxWirePro: South Korean won depreciates on the back of lower than expected consumer sentiment index | EconoTimes

> Analysts in Seoul expect the incoming Trump administration to press trading partners with large surpluses, including Korea, to let their currencies appreciate. Trump had labeled China a currency manipulator and criticized Japan. Korea was on the US Treasury's FX monitoring list but was not found to intervene persistently.

- Date: 2016-11-25 · published 2016-11-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region South Korea · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/74050-fxwirepro-south-korean-won-depreciates-on-the-back-of-lower-than-expected
- Commodities: [Korean Won (KRW per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDKRW.md)

## Why it matters

Pressure for a stronger won would make Korean dollar-priced imports cheaper, but trade friction could also disrupt Korean export and import flows.

## Read by commodity

- USDKRW: bearish ▼

## Sources

- econotimes.com: https://econotimes.com/FxWirePro-South-Korean-won-depreciates-on-the-back-of-lower-than-expected-consumer-sentiment-index-419423

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