S. Korean banks to ease lending standard in Q2
SEOUL, April 19 (Xinhua) -- South Korean banks planned to ease lending standard in the second quarter due to an expected increase in demand for mortgage loan, central bank data showed Friday.
The lending attitude index stood at minus 1 for the April-June quarter, higher than minus 3 in the previous quarter, according to the Bank of Korea (BOK) poll of 204 banks and other financial institutions conducted from Mar