S.Korea's top economic officials vow to stabilise markets
Reuters
Published Jun 15, 2022 08:33PM ET
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's top economic and financial officials agreed at a rare meeting on Thursday to strengthen coordinated efforts to keep the markets stable, while affirming containing inflation was the top policy goal.
Finance Minister Choo Kyung-ho told reporters emergency measures could include bond buy-backs, while Bank of Korea Governor Rhee Chang-yong said a big-step rate increase could be considered after reviewing incoming data.
"Should there be any excessive movements in the bond market, (the authorities) will undertake measures such as emergency bond buy-backs at an appropriate time," said Choo, adding the authorities will continue to closely monitor the foreign exchange market in order to prevent any excessive movements.
When asked about a possibility of 'big step' rate increase, Rhee said "there are three to four weeks left until the next rate decision meeting, so it is a matter to decide after seeing how markets move until then."
The Bank of Korea is not considering holding any emergency policy review meeting for now, Rhee said.
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