Will South Korea GDP growth in Q1 2026 be between 2.0% and 2.4%?

The market has experienced significant bullish momentum, with the Yes price surging 54% over seven days from 24¢ to 37¢, suggesting recent data or forecasts have shifted expectations toward the 2.0-2.4% growth band. The extremely high implied yield of 9330% on the Yes side indicates extremely tight odds and minimal margin for error, creating substantial cliff risk as resolution approaches in just 7 days on April 23rd. With only $166k in 24-hour volume against $1.6M open interest, liquidity is relatively thin for the final week, which could amplify price volatility if new information emerges before the Bank of Korea's advance estimate release.

Resolution rules

This market will resolve according to South Korea's real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate (Year-on-Year, %) in the first quarter of 2026, as reported in the Bank of Korea’s Real Gross Domestic Product (Advance Estimate) release for the first quarter of 2026, scheduled for release on April 23, 2026. The GDP release will be made available here: https://www.bok.or.kr/eng/singl/newsDataEng/list.do?pageIndex=&targetDepth=3&menuNo=400423&syncMenuChekKey=1&searchCnd=1&searchKwd=&depth2=400417&depth3=400423&date=&sdate=&edate=&sort=1&pageUnit=10 The relevant figure may be found in the table titled “Growth Rates by Type of Economic Activity and Component of Expenditure (original series, percentage change over previous year)” in the row “Gross Domestic Product” and the column for the specified quarter. Changes in South Korea’s GDP reporting format will not disqualify a published figure from counting. If no data for the specified quarter is released by the date the next quarter's data is scheduled to be released, this market will resolve based on data from the last available quarter. Note: the resolution source for this market reports year-on-year GDP growth rates to only one decimal point (e.g. 0.3%). Thus, this is the level of precision that will be used when resolving the market. Note: data from the initial release of the referenced GDP report is what will be used to resolve this market. Data may be revised during the following quarter or as a part of the next estimate's publication, however any revisions to GDP report data made after the initial release will not be considered for this market's resolution. For the full release schedule, see: https://www.bok.or.kr/eng/stats/statsPublictSchdul/listCldr.do?menuNo=400359&date=2026-01

Indicators

Regime

Trade