Rising financial risks to deter aggressive rate cuts in Korea

The Bank of Korea (BoK) held its policy rate at 1.75% today, following a rate cut last month. The slow pace of recovery has raised speculation of further monetary policy loosening, but we think concerns about Korea's high and rising household debt level will keep the BoK from cutting rates much further.

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