S Korea freezes key rate at 2.25%
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SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's central bank on Thursday decided 1 to leave the key interest rate at the current level of 2.25 percent for the third straight month.
In its monthly monetary（货币的） committee meeting, the Bank of Korea reached a decision to keep the rate at the status quo（现状） despite wide forecasts it would conduct a rate hike amid growing inflationary pressure.
After the BOK abruptly 2 revised up the key rate to 2.25 percent from a record low of 2 percent, ending the long-kept rate freeze for sixteen straight months, the BOK was expected to further hike the rate at least by 0.25 percentage point before the yearend.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)
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