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Rhee Changyong (Korean: 이창용; Hanja: 李昌鏞; born 16 May 1960) is a South Korean economist currently serving as the 26th Governor of the Bank of Korea from April 2022. [ 1 ] In March 2022 President Moon Jae-in tapped Rhee who had led the Asia and Pacific Department at the International Monetary Fund over 8 years for the country's top ...
The Bank of Korea was established on 12 June 1950 under the Bank of Korea Act passed of 5 May 1950, taking over assets and operations from the simultaneously liquidated Bank of Chōsen. [2] It was given a wide range of functions in relation to monetary and financial policy, banking supervision, and foreign exchange policy.
He also serves as the Alternate Governor representing South Korea on the IMF Board. [3] Lee received his BA in Business Management from Yonsei University in 1977 and MA in Economics from Pennsylvania State University in 1988. [4] He first worked at the Bank of Korea in 1977 [5] and served as Senior Deputy Governor from 2009 to 2012. [6]
The Bank of Korea delivered its second-ever 50-basis-point rate hike on Wednesday and made clear the won's 6.5% slide against the dollar in September that drove up import costs played a major role ...
South Korea's central bank will maintain its inflation target of 2% until the next policy review, as the era of "low-inflation" is unlikely to come in a year or two, the bank's governor said on ...
The Bank of Korea lowered its key interest rate by a quarter percentage point to 3.25% following a meeting of its monetary policy committee, in its first move to lower borrowing costs since May ...
Pages in category "Governors of the Bank of Korea" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
Before becoming the Governor of the Bank of Korea in April 2010, he served as Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Korea to the OECD from September 2008 to March 2010, as well as serving as the head of Korea's state-run think-tank Korea Development Institute. [2] His tenure as Governor ended on 31 March 2014. [3]