On-going trade tensions between Washington and Beijing, and emerging market jitters, have weighed on South Korea's financial markets in August.
The Bank of Korea says.... the country's three-year treasury yields fell by zero-point-two-percent on-month.... on heightened external uncertainties stemming from the escalating U.S.-China trade spat.... and sluggish domestic jobs data.
Bank lending to Korean households increased by nearly one billion dollars on-month..... on increasing housing transactions,.... while lending to the corporate sector saw a slower pace of growth in August.
As a whole, deposit-taking by banks increased in August to five-point-seven billion dollars.