이주열 "미중무역 분쟁•반도체경기 점검하며 통화정책 결정"<br /><br />The head of the Bank of Korea says... he will closely monitor developments in the U.S.-China trade spat and the recovery in the chip market... when making monetary policy decisions.<br />At a lunch meeting with reporters earlier today,... Governor Lee Ju-yeol said those factors play key roles in the Korean economy,... adding that the central bank is also closely monitoring the U.S. Federal Reserve. <br />He also said this year's inflation would likely fall short of its forecast of 1-point-one percent,... given that inflation for the first half of 2019 was around zero-point-six percent,... far below the bank's two percent target.<br />The BOK has kept the key rate unchanged since last November,... when it raised it by a quarter percentage point to 1-point-75 percent. <br />
