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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
... 1.7% in March from 1.8% in the previous month and expectations for a 1.9% gain. Easing inflation should give the Bank of Korea (BOK) scope to cut interest rates some more, especially after it lowered its own 2016 inflation projection to 1.4% from 1.7% ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
... latest figure marks the first improvement in sentiment following three consecutive months of deterioration. The Bank of Korea's March survey showed that South Koreans expect an improvement in their household income and general livelihood over the next ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... 0.40 per cent, or 92.08 points, to 23,140.05. Seoul lost 0.17 per cent, or 3.34 points, to close at 1,925.91 as the Bank of Korea cut interest rates for the second time in three months and lowered its 2014 growth estimate for the country's economy. WELLINGTON ...

Follow the money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... National Bank and the Czech National Bank have boosted their holdings to at least 10 percent of reserves." "The Bank of Korea began buying Chinese shares last year, increasing its equity investments to about $18.6 billion, or 5.7 percent of the total ...

On positive contagion, reflation and the great rotation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... Reserve Bank of India (RBI) lowered interest rates and its reserve requirement only last week. Speculation is that the Bank of Korea would follow suit and the Bank of England would be increasing its quantitative easing limit soon. Benign or non-rising ...

More jobs, more jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... 1997 - and promised to keep policy settings stable for a "sufficiently prolonged period". Only hours later, the Bank of Korea announced its own - lowering its key interest rate by 25 bps to 2.75% because, as Governor Kim explained, "A rate cut now is ...

Time to stop the rot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... export-dependent economy - a top up from the 8.5 trillion won announced less than three months ago and after the Bank of Korea cut its base rate by 25 basis points to 3.0% last July (the first reduction in three years). It's expected to lower rate again ...

Bond boom or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... 5-year government bond yield has fallen to a record low of 2.81%. Reports were that slowing inflation would allow the Bank of Korea to lower interest rates further. True, but it's also about their budget stats which the EIU estimate to reach 2.0% of ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... to finish at 1,812.89, helped by the China data but also rebounding following a heavy loss on Thursday after the Bank of Korea unexpectedly cut interest rates. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index fell 5.9 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 3495.40.

Value a plus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
... announce that it is lifting the reserve requirement for its large commercial banks and the Bank of Thailand and the Bank of Korea both raising their policy interest rates. More are expected to follow. However, these do not readily imply that portfolio ...