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Last Update: 10:30am 12 May 2008, Manila
*Change from previous close

Govt. Bonds	Latest Yield	YTD		MTD
2Y T-Bond KRW	5.240		74		29
3Y T-Bond KRW	5.280		51		37
4Y T-Bond KRW	5.370		55		32
5Y T-Bond KRW	5.260		48		28
10Y T-Bond KRW	5.410		33		28
20Y T-Bond KRW	5.460		32		30
10Y Govt. Bond USD	5.292		12		16
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Currencies	Latest Rate	YTD		MTD
KRW per USD	1003.000		0.022		0.022
KRW per JPY	9.630		0.722		0.722
KRW per EUR	1561.169		0.145		0.145
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Commodities	Latest Price	YTD		MTD
Aluminium (USD/metric ton)	2867.500		51700.000		1350.000
Brent Crude Oil (USD/barrel)	122.980		2930.000		968.000
Computer Chips (USD/64MB, 133MHz)	2973.940		31244.000		4602.000
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Stock Indices	Latest Value	YTD		MTD
KOSPI	1823.700		7343.000		3536.000
NASDAQ	2445.520		20676.000		3779.000
S&P 500	1388.280		8008.000		2998.000
Nikkei 225	13632.040		167574.000		41722.000
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Interest Rates	Latest Rate	YTD		MTD
3M KORIBOR KRW	5.340		46.000		1.000
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Policy Rates	Latest Policy	YTD		MTD
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Data primarily supplied by Reuters Limited.
Selected data used with the permission of Bloomberg.

Economic Indicators

Indicator	Data	Freq.	Date
Nominal GDP	787.5 USD bln	Annual	2005
GDP Growth YOY	5.2 %	Quarterly	Q3/07
Inflation YOY	3.9 %	Monthly	Mar 08
Per Capita Income	15,830 USD	Annual	2005
Int'l Reserves	264.17 USD bln	Monthly	Mar 08
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