Japan Ends Negative Interest Rates After 17 Years... Is Yen Depreciation Also Over? [3-Minute Brief]

[At a Glance]
①420 Trillion Won Invested in Climate Response Over 7 Years
②SK Hynix Begins First Mass Production of HBM3E
③Banks Face Rising Losses from 'Kkangtong Loans'

MARKET INDEX

- US New York Stock Market closed higher across the board
- Bond yields fell, stimulating investor sentiment
- March housing business outlook slightly improved

TOP 3 NEWS

■ Japan raises interest rates for the first time in 17 years... Ends negative interest rate policy

- Raised from -0.1% to 0.0~0.1%
- Gradual phase-out of monetary easing policy
- Policy changes due to rising inflation and wages

■ 420 trillion KRW in policy finance over 7 years for climate response... Banks also form funds

- 86 million tons greenhouse gas reduction target by 2030
- Achieved by supplying total 420 trillion KRW in policy finance
- Banks jointly invest in funds with KDB and Korea Development Bank

■ SK Hynix begins world's first large-scale mass production of 'HBM3E'... Supplies to Nvidia

- Started customer supply 7 months after development
- Entered world's first large-scale mass production
- "Will solidify global No.1 competitiveness"

Graphic News: Frozen chicken rush amid 'Chickenflation'

- Domestic frozen chicken market exceeded 150 billion KRW last year
- Chicken prices including delivery fees approach 30,000 KRW, shifting demand
- CJ's 'Sobaba' sales 54 billion KRW... "Potential for sustained growth"

the Chart: Increase in 'Empty Can Loans' at 4 Major Banks... Loss provisioning costs also rise

- Asset soundness indicators of 4 major commercial banks worsened last year... Increase in non-performing loans
- KB Kookmin Bank showed highest growth rate... Hana Bank has largest non-performing loan balance
- Corporate loan increase caused by high interest rates and economic downturn, making loan recovery difficult

Terms in the News: 'Leading Room' scams targeting coin investors following Donghak Ants

- Means leading buy/sell timing... Illegal quasi-investment advisory
- Recruit investors by baiting with stock recommendations or stock/virtual asset investment advice
- Celebrities and economists are presented but mostly unrelated... Damage exceeds 120 billion KRW

Today's Key Schedule

○ Domestic

○ Overseas
- 01:30 US Atlanta Fed Q1 GDPNow
- 06:45 New Zealand Q4 Current Account
- 10:15 People's Bank of China March Loan Prime Rate
- 16:00 UK February Consumer Price Index
- 16:00 Indonesia Interest Rate Decision
- 17:45 European Central Bank (ECB) President Lagarde Speech
- 23:30 US Crude Oil Inventories

◇ Lunch & Commute Weather

○ Low temperature 1℃(▼2℃) ｜ High temperature: 10℃(▼1℃)
○ Precipitation probability 10% in the morning｜0% in the afternoon
○ Fine dust Moderate in the morning｜Good in the afternoon

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