Woori Bank Holds Exchange Rate Outlook Seminar for Q2 2025

Woori Bank announced that it held the '2025 Q2 Exchange Rate Outlook Seminar' on the 15th, inviting executives and employees of import-export companies located in the Busan area.

Woori Bank's exchange rate analyst Senior Researcher Min Kyung-won, along with staff in charge of foreign exchange and derivatives operations, served as instructors and provided forecasts on major financial market issues and exchange rate fluctuations.

At the seminar, Senior Researcher Min Kyung-won stated, "Although the political instability issue that acted as a factor for the undervaluation of the Korean won in Q1 has been resolved, the wall of the Trump tariff war issue remains, so a market with high volatility up and down is expected to continue for the time being."

Min further forecasted, "However, as concerns about a U.S. economic recession are emerging, there is a high possibility that trade negotiations between the U.S. and its allies, excluding China, will proceed early, so the dollar-won exchange rate is likely to stabilize downward again during Q2 in line with the stock market rebound."

Following this, a Woori Bank foreign exchange officer introduced 'Woori WON FX,' a foreign exchange transaction platform specialized for corporate clients that opened in January last year. 'Woori WON FX' is HTS-based and allows trading of various products such as spot, futures, and FX SWAP, making it useful for managing foreign exchange risk.

A Woori Bank official said, "This seminar was planned to review the rapidly changing domestic and international market conditions and to alleviate concerns about foreign exchange risk management," adding, "We will actively promote foreign exchange risk management measures that can strengthen the competitiveness of import-export companies to businesses."