曼谷，10月13日：韩国央行行长申炯松周二表示，韩国央行将维持紧缩的货币政策立场，以应对持续的价格压力，总体和核心通胀预计将在“一段时间”内保持在目标之上。
BANGKOK, Oct 13 : The Bank of Korea will maintain a restrictive monetary policy stance as it seeks to tame persistent price pressures, with headline and core inflation expected to stay above target for "some time", the central bank's chief said on Tuesday.
“通胀确实上升了，既有成本推动也有需求拉动，”申炯松表示，指的是中东战争导致的能源成本上升以及人工智能需求激增，韩国在这一领域是关键参与者。
"Inflation has really picked up, both from the cost-push and the demand-pull," said Governor Shin Hyun Song, referring to rising energy costs stemming from the war in the Middle East and surging demand for artificial intelligence, where South Korea is a key player.
“在韩国，人工智能周期确实掩盖了中东的负面影响。但就通胀而言，当然，这两种因素是叠加的，”申炯松在曼谷举行的国际货币基金组织和世界银行年会期间的一个会议上说道。
"In (South) Korea, the AI cycle really swamps the negative effect from the Middle East. But for inflation, of course, they combine," Shin said at a session at the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank in Bangkok.
虽然韩国9月份的年度消费者通胀率放缓至2.9%，但仍远高于央行2%的目标。
While South Korea's annual consumer inflation rate slowed to 2.9 per cent in September, it was still well above the central bank's 2 per cent target.
申炯松的言论是在总统李在明当天早些时候表示近期加息几乎可以肯定之后发表的，因为韩国需要缩小与美国之间日益扩大的收益率差距，并与全球货币紧缩保持一致。
Shin's remarks come after President Lee Jae Myung said earlier in the day that a near-term rate rise was a near certainty as South Korea needed to narrow a widening yield gap with the United States and align with global monetary tightening.
基准利率目前为3.00%，这是在7月和8月连续加息之后的结果。
The benchmark interest rate is currently at 3.00 per cent following back-to-back rate hikes in July and August.
会议结束后，申炯松对记者表示，连续加息“肯定产生了一些理想的效果”，但拒绝评论央行将在10月22日的政策审议上是否会再次加息。
Speaking to reporters after the session, Governor Shin said the consecutive rate hikes "certainly had some effect that's desirable", but declined to comment on whether there would be another rate rise at the central bank's policy review on October 22.