[Photo] Bank of Korea Base Rate Hike

The era of near 0% interest rates that began after the COVID-19 crisis has come to an end after 1 year and 8 months. On the 25th, the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Korea held a meeting to decide on monetary policy and raised the base interest rate by 0.25 percentage points from 0.75% to 1%. The photo shows a loan-related notice posted on the exterior wall of a bank in downtown Seoul on the same day. / Reporter Mun Honam munonam@

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