The Ministry of Finance and Economy said the meeting was Lee’s first visit to the Bank of Korea since he took office the previous week. It lasted about 40 minutes. Lee called the central bank an important policy partner on economic stability and growth.
He proposed cooperation on internationalising the won, digital finance, expanding the economy’s growth potential and sharing the benefits of growth more widely. Lee and Shin said export and investment indicators were strong amid a semiconductor supercycle, helping economic growth gain momentum.
They also noted persistent pressure on people’s livelihoods. External uncertainties included interest-rate increases in major economies and geopolitical risks.
Shin said the Bank of Korea’s recent monetary-policy response was expected to contain demand-side inflation, strengthen confidence in the economy, support exchange-rate stability and ease cost pressures. He said the central bank’s macroeconomic-stability efforts should be paired with government policies to expand growth potential.
The two officials stressed that financial, foreign-exchange and property markets were increasingly interconnected. They called for closer communication between the ministry and the central bank to address risks pre-emptively while pursuing price stability, economic growth and financial stability.