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Bank of Korea cuts rates to record low

Published January 8, 2009, 10:15 pm, Financial Times

The Bank of Korea slashed its benchmark interest rate by a half point to a record low of 2.5 per cent on Friday, in an effort to to revive growth in Asia’s fourth-largest economy.

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