Article 28(Decision on monetary and credit policies) #
The Monetary Policy Committee shall deliberate and decide on matters involving the following on monetary and credit policies:
1. Basic matters regarding the issuance of the Bank of Korea notes;
2. Reserve requirement ratio for financial institutions and the period and method of holding minimum reserve requirements;
3. Rediscount rate for the financial institutions by the Bank of Korea, other standards for credit business and interest rate;
4. Basic matters on emergency credit extended to financial institutions by the Bank of Korea;
5. Designation of financial institutions which can be denied credit by the Bank of Korea;
6. Basic matters regarding the sale, purchase, borrowing, and lending of the Bank of Korea's national bonds or government-guaranteed bonds in the open markets;
7. Basic matters regarding the issuance, selling, repurchase or redemption, etc. of the Bank of Korea's currency stabilization bonds;
8. Basic matters regarding the establishment and operation of the Bank of Korea's currency stabilization accounts;
9. When severe impediments to obtaining funds from financial institutions occur or when there is a strong likelihood of their occurrence, basic matters concerning extension of credit to profit-making enterprises other than financial institutions;
10. Basic matters regarding the operation and management of payment and settlement systems under Article 81;
11. Request for submission of materials to the financial institutions and the institutions operating payment and settlement systems; provided, the foregoing shall be limited to being necessary for establishing the monetary and credit policies and facilitating the smooth operation of payment and settlement systems;
12. Matters regarding support to settle temporary shortages under Article 81-2;
13. Request for submission of materials to financial institutions, etc. referred to in Article 87; provided, the foregoing shall be limited to cases as necessary in order to formulate monetary and credit policies;
14. Request for inspection and joint inspection of financial institutions to the Financial Supervisory Service; provided, the foregoing shall be limited to cases as necessary in order to formulate monetary and credit policies;
15. Highest rate of interests on various kinds of deposits or other payments by financial institutions;
16. Highest rate of interests on credit business such as various kinds of loans or other charges by financial institutions;
17. Restrictions on the longest time limit of loans extended by financial institutions and kinds of securities;
18. Restrictions on the ceiling or sector ceiling on loans and investments by financial institutions within a fixed period in urgent need for the sake of the national economy such as hyperinflation;
19. Prior approval on loan by financial institutions in urgent need for the sake of the national economy such as hyperinflation;
20. Other matters provided for by the powers of the Monetary Policy Committee under this Act or other Acts.
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 29, 2016]