SEOUL, Feb 23 (Reuters) - South Korea's central bank
kept interest rates unchanged on Thursday, matching market
expectations and ending an uninterrupted run of hikes for a
year.
The Bank of Korea's monetary policy board held its policy
interest rate steady at 3.50%, in line with a
unanimous call by the 42 economists in a Reuters poll.
Governor Rhee Chang-yong is due to hold a news conference
soon.
(Reporting by Choonsik Yoo and Jihoon Lee; Editing by
Jacqueline Wong)
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