A senior Bank of Korea (BOK) official signaled that the central bank may need to stop cutting rates and begin considering hikes, as stronger-than-expected growth and rising inflation pressures shift the policy outlook. “It is time to stop rate cuts and think about hikes,” Ryoo Sang-dai, BOK’s senior deputy governor, said after attending the Asian Development Bank annual meeting in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Sunday.  [...]