The Bank of Korea stands still! It maintains the interest rate at 2.5%, with rising housing prices and tariffs becoming the focus.

Wisdom Financial APP learned that the Bank of Korea maintained its benchmark interest rate unchanged on Thursday, continuing to observe the effects of the previous easing policy in the face of soaring housing prices and the threat to the economy posed by US tariffs. The Bank of Korea kept the 7-day repo rate unchanged at 2.5%, in line with the general expectations of the 19 economists surveyed.