Seoul, Feb 27 (IANS) Foreign currency deposits in South Korea fell for the first time in three months in January, due to a decline in corporate deposits, central bank data showed on Friday.Outstanding foreign currency-denominated deposits held by residents stood at US$118.03 billion at the end of January, down $1.4 billion from a month earlier, according to the data from the Bank of Korea (BOK), reports Yonhap news agency.It marked the first on-month decline since October, following gains in Nov…
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Seoul, Jan 18 (IANS) South Korea’s major commercial banks are stepping up efforts, alongside government foreign exchange authorities, to curb the local currency’s recent weakness, offering incentives for customers to sell U.S. dollars and lowering interest rates on foreign-currency deposits, officials said on Sunday.The won has hovered near the closely watched 1,450 won level against the U.S. dollar recently despite authorities’ verbal intervention and policy measures, pressured by broad dollar …
Seoul, Jan 2 (IANS) Bank of Korea (BOK) Governor Rhee Chang-yong on Friday projected the economy, when excluding the information technology (IT) sector, to grow 1.4 percent this year, forecasting widening disparities across sectors.”The IT sector is expected to lead growth this year on the back of a global semiconductor upcycle. If we exclude its contribution, economic growth would be limited to 1.4 percent,” Rhee said in his New Year’s address, reports Yonhap news agency.In its latest outlook r…