SEOUL : South Korea's central bank kept interest rates unchanged on Thursday, matching market expectations and ending an uninterrupted run of hikes for a year.The Bank of Korea's monetary policy board held its policy interest rate steady at 3.50 per cent, in line with a unanimous call by the 42 economists
SEOUL : South Korea's central bank kept interest rates unchanged on Thursday, matching market expectations and ending an uninterrupted run of hikes for a year.
The Bank of Korea's monetary policy board held its policy interest rate steady at 3.50 per cent, in line with a unanimous call by the 42 economists in a Reuters poll.
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