South Korea’s 2026 inflation outlook centers on persistent cost pressures from elevated oil prices amid Middle East tensions and base effects from prior telecom discounts, alongside building demand-side forces tied to semiconductor-driven growth and recovering consumption. August 2026 CPI rose to 3.1% year-over-year, with core inflation accelerating to 3.4%, exceeding the Bank of Korea’s 2% target. The BOK maintains its 2.7% headline forecast for the year while noting upside risks from a weaker won, wage gains, and utility adjustments, prompting back-to-back rate hikes to 3%. Institutional projections range from 2.6% to 3.0%, leaving the 2.7–2.9% and 3.0%+ brackets closely contested as traders weigh energy normalization against second-round effects and policy responses through year-end.
Experimental AI-generated summary referencing Polymarket data. This is not trading advice and plays no role in how this market resolves. · Updated3.0%+ 39.0%
2.7% to 2.9% 29.7%
2.1% to 2.3% 9.8%
<1.5% 5.6%
$42,807 Vol.
$42,807 Vol.
<1.5%
6%
1.5% to 1.7%
1%
1.8% to 2.0%
3%
2.1% to 2.3%
10%
2.4% to 2.6%
5%
2.7% to 2.9%
30%
3.0%+
43%
3.0%+ 39.0%
2.7% to 2.9% 29.7%
2.1% to 2.3% 9.8%
<1.5% 5.6%
$42,807 Vol.
$42,807 Vol.
<1.5%
6%
1.5% to 1.7%
1%
1.8% to 2.0%
3%
2.1% to 2.3%
10%
2.4% to 2.6%
5%
2.7% to 2.9%
30%
3.0%+
43%
This market will resolve according to the percentage change in South Korea’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) over the 12-month period ending December 2026 (December CPI % change compared to the same month of the previous year), according to the monthly MODS Consumer Price Survey report for the specified month.
The resolution source for this market will be the MODS Consumer Price Index monthly report released for December 2026, currently scheduled to be released on December 31, 2026. Resolution of this market will take place upon release of the aforementioned data. If no data for the specified month is released by the date the next month's data is scheduled to be released, this market will resolve based on data from the last available month.
The relevant report will be made available upon release at: https://mods.go.kr/board.es?mid=a20109020000&bid=11751&eng_board_type=01
Note: This market’s resolution source reports percentage change in the South Korean Consumer Price Index to only one decimal point (e.g. 2.0%). Thus this is the level of precision that will be used when resolving this market. For the full release schedule, see: https://mods.go.kr/schdl.es?mid=a20301000000
Market Opened: Feb 6, 2026, 5:40 PM ET
Resolver
0x2F5e3684c...This market will resolve according to the percentage change in South Korea’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) over the 12-month period ending December 2026 (December CPI % change compared to the same month of the previous year), according to the monthly MODS Consumer Price Survey report for the specified month.
The resolution source for this market will be the MODS Consumer Price Index monthly report released for December 2026, currently scheduled to be released on December 31, 2026. Resolution of this market will take place upon release of the aforementioned data. If no data for the specified month is released by the date the next month's data is scheduled to be released, this market will resolve based on data from the last available month.
The relevant report will be made available upon release at: https://mods.go.kr/board.es?mid=a20109020000&bid=11751&eng_board_type=01
Note: This market’s resolution source reports percentage change in the South Korean Consumer Price Index to only one decimal point (e.g. 2.0%). Thus this is the level of precision that will be used when resolving this market. For the full release schedule, see: https://mods.go.kr/schdl.es?mid=a20301000000
Resolver
0x2F5e3684c...South Korea’s 2026 inflation outlook centers on persistent cost pressures from elevated oil prices amid Middle East tensions and base effects from prior telecom discounts, alongside building demand-side forces tied to semiconductor-driven growth and recovering consumption. August 2026 CPI rose to 3.1% year-over-year, with core inflation accelerating to 3.4%, exceeding the Bank of Korea’s 2% target. The BOK maintains its 2.7% headline forecast for the year while noting upside risks from a weaker won, wage gains, and utility adjustments, prompting back-to-back rate hikes to 3%. Institutional projections range from 2.6% to 3.0%, leaving the 2.7–2.9% and 3.0%+ brackets closely contested as traders weigh energy normalization against second-round effects and policy responses through year-end.
Experimental AI-generated summary referencing Polymarket data. This is not trading advice and plays no role in how this market resolves. · Updated



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