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Korea holds rates, imminent tightening unlikely

The Bank of Korea (BoK) kept its policy rate on hold at 1.50% today, and while there was a dissenter favouring a rate hike, rising downside growth risks, benign inflation and limited external vulnerabilities suggest imminent policy tightening is not on the cards.

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