South Korea

Bank of Korea Policy Unchanged

March 11, 2010

South Korea’s Monetary Policy Committee kept its key interest rate at 2.0% as expected.  Cuts totaling 100 basis points in August 2008, 175 bps in December 2008 and 50 bps in February 2009 slashed the rate from 5.25% to 2.0%, where it has been ever since.  A statement on the Bank of Korea website retains the [...] More