South Korea's central bank stood pat on interest rates on Thursday and signalled policy would stay unchanged for the next six months as a chip boom in exports and steady inflation allow policymakers more time to assess financial stability risks. The Bank of Korea's seven-member monetary policy board voted to keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 2.50%, as expected by all 34 economists polled by Reuters. The central bank raised this year's growth forecast to 2.0% from 1.8% previously. It

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