Trump Pressures Tariffs Again... Dollar Value Hits Three-Year Low [3-Minute Brief]

[At a Glance]
1. Dollar value hits three-year low due to Trump risk
2. 50% tariffs on refrigerators and washing machines... Appliance industry on alert
3. Bank of Korea cuts base rate, but bank loan rates rise - why?

MARKET INDEX : Year to date

○ New York stock market falls as Israel-Iran conflict intensifies

○ Energy and defense stocks rise, while airline stocks weaken

○ International oil prices up 7%, gold nears $3,500

Top 3 NEWS

■ Dollar value hits three-year low... Shaken by Trump tariffs and fiscal instability

○ Dollar index falls to 97.6
○ Tough rhetoric on tariffs coincides with slowdown in consumer and producer prices
○ Dollar weakens on expectations of rate cuts

■ US imposes 50% tariffs on refrigerators and washing machines, urgent crisis for appliance makers like Samsung and LG

○ Tariffs extended to finished steel derivative products
○ Emergency review of supply chain and production base strategies
○ Korean government explores possibility of talks with the US

■ Base rate cut, but why did my loan interest rate go up?

○ Bank lending rates rise even though the Bank of Korea cut the base rate
○ Household loan rates raised in response to increased demand, as expectations for higher housing prices grow
○ Market interest rates also rise due to expansionary fiscal policy by the new government

Graphic News: Korea ranks 101st in global gender equality... Drops 7 spots, now outside the top 100

○ World Economic Forum releases 'Gender Gap Report'

○ Korea slips from 94th to 101st place

○ Political and economic gender inequality deepens

the Chart: Doosan Enerbility up 200% this year, set to enter top 10 by market cap

○ Has risen every single day this month

○ Up 35% this month, 211% year to date

○ Market cap ranking jumps from 35th at the start of the year to 11th

Today's Key Schedule

○Domestic

08:55 Korea trade balance (May)

12:00 Korea M2 money supply (April)

○Overseas

11:00 China industrial production (YoY) (May)

11:00 China unemployment rate (May)

20:00 OPEC monthly report

21:30 US New York Empire State Manufacturing Index (June)

◇ Lunchtime & Evening Weather

○ Lowest temperature: 20°C (▼1°C) ｜ Highest temperature: 27°C (▼1°C)
○ Precipitation probability: 60% in the morning ｜ 20% in the afternoon
○ Fine dust: Moderate in the morning ｜ Moderate in the afternoon

All you need in 3 minutes: essential, cost-effective economic news. Published daily at 8:00 a.m.