Bank of Korea holds monetary policy meeting to announce interest rates

This just coming in...In a widely expected move…the Bank of Korea has kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at one-point-five percent for August. This came during its sixth monetary policy meeting in 2018.The central bank has been maintaining its key rate since November last year... when it raised the rate by a quarter percentage point. We'll have more details during our next newscast at noon, Korea time. This just coming in...The Bank of Korea has raised its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to one-point-75 percent. This came during the sixth monetary policy meeting in 2018.The nation's central bank had maintained its key rate since November last year... when it raised the rate by a quarter percentage point. We'll have more details during our next newscast at noon, Korea time. This just coming in...The Bank of Korea has cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to one-point-25 percent. This came during the sixth monetary policy meeting in 2018.The nation's central bank had maintained its key rate since November last year... when it raised the rate by a quarter percentage point. We'll have more details during our next newscast at noon, Korea time.