SEOUL: South Korea’s central bank slashed on Thursday its benchmark interest rate by a quarter basis point to another all-time low of 1.5 percent as a growing MERS outbreak sparked concerns over the economy.

It was the first cut since March when the Bank of Korea (BOK) made a surprise 0.25 basis point rate cut, pushing it to a then-record low of 1.75 percent.

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