600억달러 규모 한미 통화스와프 6개월 연장 합의<br /><br />South Korea and the U.S. are extending their 60-billion U.S. dollar bilateral currency swap deal by another six months,... as they look to ease lingering market uncertainties in the era of COVID-19.<br />With the agreement, the deal, initially set to finish at the end of September has now been extended until the end of March 2021.<br />The Bank of Korea said Thursday that despite both the U.S. dollar and Korea's foreign exchange markets showing signs of stabilizing the virus is still a concern.<br />The deal marks the second its kind to be signed with the U.S. after the Korean won-dollar swap line was sealed in October 2008 at the height of the global financial crisis.<br />
