The USD/KRW exchange rate has surged to a 17-year high near 1,536 on March 31, 2026, reflecting trader consensus on Korean won weakness from persistent capital outflows, expanded private credit, and Bank of Korea interventions exhausting $22.5 billion in reserves during Q4 2025. Widening monetary policy divergence—Federal funds rate steady at 3.5%-3.75% post-March FOMC versus BoK base rate at 2.50%—supports USD strength amid South Korea's subdued GDP growth of 1.6%, 2% inflation, and 2.9% unemployment. Key catalysts include BoK rate decision on April 10 and Fed meeting April 28-29, which could alter rate path expectations and FX volatility.
Experimental AI-generated summary referencing Polymarket data · Updated$96,981 Vol.
↑2000
11%
↑1800
11%
↑1700
19%
↑1650
21%
↑1600
22%
↑1550
55%
↓1400
55%
↓1350
41%
↓1300
39%
↓1200
32%
↓1100
27%
↓1000
22%
$96,981 Vol.
↑2000
11%
↑1800
11%
↑1700
19%
↑1650
21%
↑1600
22%
↑1550
55%
↓1400
55%
↓1350
41%
↓1300
39%
↓1200
32%
↓1100
27%
↓1000
22%
Data for a given candle will be considered finalized once the next candle appears on the specified graph. The last trading day of a given week will be considered finalized once the market closes on that day, typically at 5 PM ET on Friday.
This market will resolve as soon as any finalized USD/KRW hourly candle high price is equal to or above the listed price, or once the final hourly candle in the specified period is finalized. A candle starting at 11:00 PM ET on a given date will be considered to be on that date.
This market’s resolution will be based solely on information from the “H” figure located at the top of the USD/KRW Streaming Chart on Investing.com for the specified currency pair (https://www.investing.com/currencies/usd-krw-chart).
Market Opened: Feb 6, 2026, 4:39 PM ET
Resolver
0x65070BE91...Data for a given candle will be considered finalized once the next candle appears on the specified graph. The last trading day of a given week will be considered finalized once the market closes on that day, typically at 5 PM ET on Friday.
This market will resolve as soon as any finalized USD/KRW hourly candle high price is equal to or above the listed price, or once the final hourly candle in the specified period is finalized. A candle starting at 11:00 PM ET on a given date will be considered to be on that date.
This market’s resolution will be based solely on information from the “H” figure located at the top of the USD/KRW Streaming Chart on Investing.com for the specified currency pair (https://www.investing.com/currencies/usd-krw-chart).
Resolver
0x65070BE91...The USD/KRW exchange rate has surged to a 17-year high near 1,536 on March 31, 2026, reflecting trader consensus on Korean won weakness from persistent capital outflows, expanded private credit, and Bank of Korea interventions exhausting $22.5 billion in reserves during Q4 2025. Widening monetary policy divergence—Federal funds rate steady at 3.5%-3.75% post-March FOMC versus BoK base rate at 2.50%—supports USD strength amid South Korea's subdued GDP growth of 1.6%, 2% inflation, and 2.9% unemployment. Key catalysts include BoK rate decision on April 10 and Fed meeting April 28-29, which could alter rate path expectations and FX volatility.
Experimental AI-generated summary referencing Polymarket data · Updated
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