Latest Bank of Korea Faces Closely Watched Rate Decision After Two Straight Hikes

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17 Oct 2026

South Korea’s central bank will decide next week whether to raise its benchmark interest rate for a third consecutive meeting, with inflation and property-market risks competing against calls for a pause.

16 Oct 2026

Senior finance and central bank officials from South Korea and the United States held their first four-way policy meeting in Bangkok, establishing a new channel for coordinating responses to external financial uncertainty.

16 Oct 2026

South Korea’s benchmark Kospi snapped a seven-session losing streak, gaining 2.05 percent as investors returned to battered technology shares and the won strengthened against the dollar.

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A conceptual international finance meeting in Bangkok illustrates calls for G20 cooperation on global imbalances and supply-chain resilience; it does not depict the actual meeting or participants. AI-generated illustrative image; not a photograph of the event.

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