S&P, 모건스탠리 올해 한국 성장률 전망치 하향조정<br /><br />Global rating agency Standard & Poor's has slashed its economic growth forecast for South Korea... from its previous estimate of 2-point-4 percent... to just 2 percent.<br />S&P explained that high inventories, particularly in the electronics sector, and rising uncertainty about global trade are expected to continue weighing on production and private investment.<br />It also said that with inflation at just one percent - far below the Bank of Korea's target - the BOK might cut interest rates by a quarter percentage point later this year.<br />A day earlier, global investment bank Morgan Stanley cut its growth forecast for Korea from 2-point-2 percent to 1-point-8.<br />
