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No more discord in household debt control (KOR)

In volatile times, credibility in policymaking should not be compromised.

2024.9.23

No more discord in household debt control

In volatile times, credibility in policymaking should not be compromised.

2024.9.22

Tightening the safety belt

Fiscal integrity must not be compromised during the budgetary review process.

2023.10.4

[Today's Cartoon] 2022.12.16

After the U.S. Fed lifted the benchmark rate by 50 basis points, the Bank of Korea has to determine how much it needs to raise interest rates to control soaring prices.

2022.12.15

After the Bank of Korea took a big step by raising the benchmark rate to 3 percent from the current 2.5 percent to fight inflation and narrow the gap with U.S. rates, many people face an uphill battle in paying their debts.

2022.10.12

Crisis, honesty and resilience

The nightmarish three-year Covid-19 pandemic has been followed by an economic crisis. We are going through an unfortunate era.

2022.10.11

[Today's Cartoon] 2022.09.22

The world’s agony deepens as the U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to take yet another giant step.

2022.9.21

Bank of Korea Gov. Lee Ju-yeol speaks at an online press conference held Friday morning.. [BOK]

Bank of Korea ups rates, taking them back to pre-pandemic levels

The Bank of Korea raised rates by 0.25 percentage points to 1.25 percent on Friday.

2022.1.14

Bank of Korea Governor Lee Ju-yeol presides over the first rate-setting meeting of this year on Jan. 14, [YONHAP]

Central bank increases rates by 0.25 percentage points

The Bank of Korea raised rates by 0.25 percentage points to 1.25 percent on Friday.

2022.1.14

Who ignores the gray rhino?

Government officials have started to talk about a looming economic crisis. In a meeting on macroeconomic fiscal policy on September 30, Hong Nam-ki, deputy prime minister for economic affairs and finance minister, warned about a...

2021.10.6

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