STOCKS | Goldman Sachs: South Korea's Household Asset Gains May Provide Limited Consumption Boost

According to Jin10, Goldman Sachs analysts said gains that South Korean residents have made from the local stock market rally may provide only a limited boost to consumption. In a research report, they said this year's growth in household stock wealth could lift South Korean consumption by about 0.3% of GDP. They added that some of the modest gains may be offset by higher debt repayment costs as the Bank of Korea restarts its rate-hiking cycle, and that stock-return volatility and recent market pullbacks may lead residents to view stock-market gains as temporary, limiting the pass-through from stock wealth growth to consumption.