Thu, 12 Jul 2012 10:02:59 GMT
South Korea cuts it benchmark interest rate
The Bank of Korea decreased its
interest rate for the first time since February 2009. Seven-day
benchmark interest rate was cut by 0.25% to 3%. Moreover, bond prices
jumped, leading to record low yield, therefore, bonds for June 2015
lost 0.23% and now have interest rate of 2.97%. The Won instantly
fell against the US Dollar by 0.7% to KRW 1148.85 per USD. Governor
Kim Choong