The Bank of Korea says it's going to maintain its accommodative monetary policy stance in the near term.<br />In its monetary policy report for May, the central bank said global trade is slowing down, which would hurt local exports and domestic economic growth amid uncertainties over the U.S.-China trade dispute.<br />South Korea's consumer price inflation for the first quarter was zero-point-five percent, well below the BOK's two-percent target.<br />The Bank of Korea has kept its key rate unchanged at 1-point-75 percent in its two monetary policy meetings this year and said it will closely monitor the capital market and geopolitical risks when making any changes to its monetary policy. <br /><br />
