# South Korea Korea: Marketable Financial instruments 1) (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Marketable Financial instruments 1) (BOK ECOS) was down 7.4% year on year in August 2026, compared with 8.2% in July 2026.
The level stood at 54,878 ₩ billion.
That is the lowest reading since August 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −39.2% (Mar 2020) to 105.4% (Dec 2021), averaging 10.7%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.M2.M.SA.ITEM-BBHS07`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: ₩ billion
- Coverage: 2003-10-01 to 2026-08-01 (275 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-marketable-financial-instruments-1-bok-ecos

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| August 2026 | 54,878 ₩ billion | −7.4 |
| July 2026 | 63,321 ₩ billion | 8.2 |
| June 2026 | 60,754 ₩ billion | 2.3 |
| May 2026 | 62,066 ₩ billion | 4.3 |
| April 2026 | 61,966 ₩ billion | 1.3 |
| March 2026 | 62,624 ₩ billion | 1.8 |
| February 2026 | 63,366 ₩ billion | 5.1 |
| January 2026 | 67,071 ₩ billion | 8.7 |
| December 2025 | 64,552 ₩ billion | 7.1 |
| November 2025 | 59,508 ₩ billion | 2.1 |
| October 2025 | 57,060 ₩ billion | −2.3 |
| September 2025 | 62,920 ₩ billion | 7.0 |
| August 2025 | 59,275 ₩ billion | −8.5 |
| July 2025 | 58,509 ₩ billion | −9.9 |
| June 2025 | 59,410 ₩ billion | −7.9 |
| May 2025 | 59,484 ₩ billion | −8.6 |
| April 2025 | 61,168 ₩ billion | −7.0 |
| March 2025 | 61,510 ₩ billion | −4.9 |
| February 2025 | 60,268 ₩ billion | −6.9 |
| January 2025 | 61,682 ₩ billion | −3.3 |
| December 2024 | 60,253 ₩ billion | −15.1 |
| November 2024 | 58,299 ₩ billion | −25.3 |
| October 2024 | 58,422 ₩ billion | −21.0 |
| September 2024 | 58,808 ₩ billion | −16.3 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.M2.M.SA.ITEM-BBHS07"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.M2.M.SA.ITEM-BBHS07",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```