[Survey shows that the Bank of Korea will cut interest rates by 25 basis points this week] Golden Finance reported that 20 of the 28 economists surveyed by the Wall Street Journal predicted that the Bank of Korea will cut interest rates by 25 basis points to 3.25% at its meeting on Friday, and the remaining 8 expected the Bank of Korea to postpone the rate cut until November. "With inflation below target and economic activity data showing a further slowdown, we expect the Bank of Korea to start an easing cycle at its scheduled monetary policy meeting (October 11)," Capital Economics economists wrote in a report. South Korea's headline inflation slowed to a 43-month low of 1.6% in September.