# South Korea Korea: Expectations of Employment Situation / Total (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Expectations of Employment Situation / Total (BOK ECOS) was 86.00 in October 2026, down 2.3% from September 2026 and down 5.5% from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 58.00 (Apr 2020) to 121.0 (Jun 2017), averaging 83.36.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.CONSCONF.M.NSA.ITEM-FMBE-99988`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: index
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-10-01 (130 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-expectations-of-employment-situation-total-bok-ecos

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| October 2026 | 86.00 |
| September 2026 | 88.00 |
| August 2026 | 86.00 |
| July 2026 | 89.00 |
| June 2026 | 89.00 |
| May 2026 | 88.00 |
| April 2026 | 82.00 |
| March 2026 | 89.00 |
| February 2026 | 93.00 |
| January 2026 | 91.00 |
| December 2025 | 92.00 |
| November 2025 | 95.00 |
| October 2025 | 91.00 |
| September 2025 | 91.00 |
| August 2025 | 92.00 |
| July 2025 | 98.00 |
| June 2025 | 100.0 |
| May 2025 | 88.00 |
| April 2025 | 76.00 |
| March 2025 | 72.00 |
| February 2025 | 74.00 |
| January 2025 | 69.00 |
| December 2024 | 65.00 |
| November 2024 | 79.00 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.CONSCONF.M.NSA.ITEM-FMBE-99988"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.CONSCONF.M.NSA.ITEM-FMBE-99988",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```