Bank of Korea Governor Lee Seong-tae gestures while speaking to private-sector economic experts at the central bank in Seoul September 23, 2009, before they start a monthly breakfast meeting to exchange views on the economy. Lee has said on several occasions recently that his bank was ready to raise interest rates if a domestic property and mortgage boom continued, prompting traders and analysts to bet South Korea would raise interest rates within this year as the first G20 economy. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA BUSINESS)