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Chief economist update: Fed fights back bond bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... announcing that it would intervene to short-circuit rising bond yields. So has the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the Bank of Korea (BOK). BOJ governor Haruhiko Kuroda told Japan's parliament: "The BOJ has no intention of pushing up (10-year bond yields) ...

Chief economist update: BOK holds as infections ease

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
... depreciation versus the US dollar, rebounding by 5.4% from the March 19 low. These, perhaps factored into Bank of Korea's (BOK) decision to keep monetary policy settings unchanged at its 9 April meeting. So does the fact that the Korean central bank ...

Who's afraid of North Korea? Not the South Koreans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
... statement - where it kept interest rates unchanged for the 12 straight meeting at a record low 1.25% - the Bank of Korea's (BOK) only reference to "Kim" was to "closely monitor... geopolitical risks."

Veteran WTW investments head departs

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
... respected investment consultants in Asia Pacific," Denning added. WTW has also appointed a new head of investments for Asia: Jayne Bok, who is currently head of sovereign advisory for Asia.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
... pressures should continue to keep South Korean consumer price inflation at very low levels. This should give the Bank of Korea (BOK) further scope to ease monetary. Earlier this month, the BOK unexpectedly cut interest rates to a new record low of 1.25% ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
... the March quarter - the slowest pace since June 2015 (also at 2.7%) - from 3.1% in the previous quarter. The Bank of Korea (BOK) has recently downgraded its growth and inflation forecasts for this year. The South Korean central bank now expects growth ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
... 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% previously ...

Korea's big four dominate pensions

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
... Bank and Woori Bank, with each administering assets in excess of KRW 1 trillion (or KRW 3.9 trillion in aggregate). Jayne Bok, director of investment services for Korea at Towers Watson, said: "Service providers that are affiliated with large conglomerates ...
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