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‘Strong signal’: South Korea raises rates again to fight inflation, rising home prices

‘Strong signal’: South Korea raises rates again to fight inflation, rising home prices
South China Morning Post Thursday 27 August 2026, 11:35 UTC By Park Chan-kyong 1 min read
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South Korea’s central bank has raised interest rates for a second straight month, with analysts saying its semiconductor boom has given policymakers room to confront inflation, a weak won and rising home prices, but at the cost of a deeper squeeze on indebted households and small businesses. The Bank of Korea (BOK) lifted its benchmark rate by 0.25 percentage point to 3.0 per cent on Thursday, a month after an identical increase took it to 2.75 per cent in July. The latest move brought the...

South Korea’s central bank has raised interest rates for a second straight month, with analysts saying its semiconductor boom has given policymakers room to confront inflation, a weak won and rising home prices, but at the cost of a deeper squeeze on indebted households and small businesses. The Bank of Korea (BOK) lifted its benchmark rate by 0.25 percentage point to 3.0 per cent on Thursday, a month after an identical increase took it to 2.75 per cent in July. The latest move brought the rate... [Image text:] innisFree VT TCOSMETICS COSMETICS innisFree ADEAue
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