Bank of Korea (BoK)
BoK examines South Korea’s post-Covid jobs recovery
Research points to rebound in services and employees’ desire for greater work-life balance
Millions of South Korean workers face AI replacement – research
Workers with higher incomes and education are more at risk, Bank of Korea paper says
Bank of Korea holds rates amid property market concerns
Governor Rhee Chang-yong warns cutting rates too soon could reignite inflation
Indonesia and South Korea to launch cross-border settlement
Bank Indonesia has been a leader in boosting the use of local currency for cross-border trade
Central banks of Korea and Italy boost co-operation on payment systems
Bank of Korea and Bank of Italy to exchange knowledge on RTGS and CBDC
Bank of Korea holds rates and raises inflation forecasts
Governor says interest rates could stay high for more than six months
Korea plans to run a CBDC pilot next year
Bank of Korea and financial regulators plan to involve 100,000 citizens in a real-world CBDC pilot in Q4
Carstens says ‘quantum leap’ needed to overcome legacy systems
BIS chief says tokenisation, CBDC and unified ledgers could ‘democratise’ finance
Strong dollar harms EME bond market liquidity – BIS paper
Dealer intermediation vulnerable to both “original sin” and “original sin redux”
Bank of Korea continues rate pause
Central bank cites ‘uncertainties’ in deciding to hold
Banknotes: July to September 2023
A round-up of news and salient issues that have affected central bankers in the past three months
South Korea and Indonesia hold rates
Bank Indonesia says it will issue securities in bid to bolster rupiah
Bank of Korea to boost emergency liquidity over bank run fears
Central bank will lower rate and accept more collateral amid scare over credit union’s deposits
South Korea’s central bank holds rates steady again
Governor says board agreed restrictive policy should continue for a considerable time
BoK and Samsung strengthen ties on offline CBDC research
Central bank and tech giant to look at ways to minimise security risks with offline CBDC payments
Korean and Indonesian central banks sign bilateral transactions MoU
Agreement aims to let firms directly exchange won and rupiah without dollar conversion
BoK pauses again as inflation slows
Governor Rhee Chang-yong warns against expectations of a rate cut this year
South Korea holds rates for first time in 12 months
Governor says further rate hikes are possible as figures show economic contraction in last quarter
RBA and BoK lengthen swap deal
New swap agreement will be effective for five years
Bank of Korea raises policy rate to 14-year high
Two central bank board members voted to hold the rate steady
Banknotes: October to December 2022
A round-up of news and salient issues that have affected central bankers in the past three months
Bank of Korea raises rates to highest level since 2012
Governor says board expects to continue increasing rates “for some time”
BoK governor highlights difficulty in forward guidance
Rhee Chang-yong says he may reassess forward guidance amid exchange rate pressure
Bank of Korea raises rate to highest level in 10 years
Governor Rhee Changyong says board members are divided on the size of next hike