# South Korea Korea: Department Stores / Value Index (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Department Stores / Value Index (BOK ECOS) was up 4.8% year on year in September 2026, compared with 4.4% in August 2026.
The level stood at 158.7 (index).
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −36.7% (Mar 2020) to 62.3% (Mar 2021), averaging 5.0%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74B-I74A`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: index
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (129 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-department-stores-value-index-bok-ecos

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 158.7 | 4.8 |
| August 2026 | 141.2 | 4.4 |
| July 2026 | 153.4 | 11.6 |
| June 2026 | 163.2 | 15.7 |
| May 2026 | 186.7 | 19.3 |
| April 2026 | 160.4 | 15.9 |
| March 2026 | 167.4 | 10.1 |
| February 2026 | 156.6 | 18.2 |
| January 2026 | 168.4 | 10.0 |
| December 2025 | 176.8 | 4.2 |
| November 2025 | 174.7 | 7.8 |
| October 2025 | 163.7 | 8.2 |
| September 2025 | 151.4 | 3.5 |
| August 2025 | 135.3 | 3.3 |
| July 2025 | 137.5 | 1.1 |
| June 2025 | 141.0 | −1.1 |
| May 2025 | 156.5 | 0.6 |
| April 2025 | 138.4 | −5.0 |
| March 2025 | 152.1 | −2.7 |
| February 2025 | 132.5 | −4.5 |
| January 2025 | 153.1 | 7.4 |
| December 2024 | 169.7 | −0.5 |
| November 2024 | 162.1 | 1.0 |
| October 2024 | 151.3 | −2.6 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74B-I74A"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74B-I74A",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```