#monetary policy
8 articles tagged monetary policy. Past halfway to the twelve-article threshold.
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Bank of Korea holds its rate at 3.00% (October 22) — unanimous, but the hiking cycle isn't over
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Bank of Korea raises base rate to 3.00% on August 27, 2026 — growth forecast lifted to 3.3%
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What the Korea-US rate gap is — what changes when 1.00 point narrows to 0.75
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Bank of Korea rate decision, August 27, 2026 — 79% of the bond market says hold
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Economy · 3 min readBank of Korea holds its rate at 3.00% (October 22) — unanimous, but the hiking cycle isn't over
Decision — held at 3.00%, 7-0 unanimous; first pause after July and August hikes
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Economy · 3 min readBank of Korea raises base rate to 3.00% on August 27, 2026 — growth forecast lifted to 3.3%
Decision — 25bp increase to 3.00 percent, a second straight hike and the first 3-handle in about 18 months
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Economy · 4 min readWhat the Korea-US rate gap is — what changes when 1.00 point narrows to 0.75
Definition — The difference between Korea's base rate and the US policy rate. US above Korea is called an inversion
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Economy · 3 min readBank of Korea rate decision, August 27, 2026 — 79% of the bond market says hold
Standing — Base rate 2.75 percent, following a 25bp increase at the July meeting
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Economy · 3 min readJackson Hole 2026 (August 27–29) — the keynote belongs to Warsh, not Powell
Timing — symposium August 27–29; keynote 10:00 a.m. ET on August 28, which is 11:00 p.m. Korean time
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Economy · 4 min readWhat the Jackson Hole symposium is — a conference that went trout fishing for a Fed chair
What it is — an economic policy symposium run every August by the Kansas City Fed. It is not an FOMC meeting and no rate is set there
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Economy · 4 min readWhat FOMC minutes are — and why a three-week-old document still moves markets
What they are — the detailed record of an FOMC meeting, describing the discussion in narrative form without naming individual speakers
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Economy · 2 min readThe Jackson Hole symposium, explained — why a lodge speech moves world markets
Jackson Hole is the Kansas City Fed's annual symposium — this year August 27-29