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Current Economic Trends

In November, retail sales increased while industrial production, services production, facilitiesinvestment, and construction investment decreased from the previous month. In December, jobgrowth decreased and consumer prices continued to moderate. In November, total production fell (down 0.4% m-o-m and down 0.3% y-o-y), as industrial production(down 0.7% m-o-m and up 0.1% y-o-y), services production (down 0.2% m-o-m and up 1.0% y-o-y),construction production (down 0.2% and down 12.9% y-o-y) declined. In November, retail sales (up 0.4% m-o-m and down 1.9% y-o-y) rose, while facilities investment (down1.6% m-o-m and up 2.6% y-o-y) and construction investment (down 0.2% m-o-m and down 12.9%y-o-y) decreased. In December, exports increased by 6.6 percent from a year ago, driven by stronger exports in the ITproducts including semiconductor. In December, the Consumer Sentiment Index (CSI) decreased by 12.3 points to 88.4 month-on-month.The Composite Business Sentiment Index (CBSI) moved down by 4.5 points to 87.0 in December, whilethe CBSI outlook for January 2025 fell by 7.3 points to 82.4. In November, the cyclical indicator of the coincident composite index fell by 0.5 points, while the cyclicalindicator of the leading composite index rose by 0.1 point. In December, the employment decreased by 52,000 jobs compared to the previous year and theunemployment rate increased by 0.5 percentage point from a year ago to 3.8 percent. In December, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) grew by 1.9 percent year-on-year. The index whenexcluding food and energy prices increased by 1.8 percent, and 1.8 percent when excluding agriculturaland petroleum products. The CPI for basic necessities rose by 2.2 percent. In December, Korean equity prices were down and yields for Korean Treasury Bond were up, and theKorean Won weakened against the dollar. In December, housing prices turned to fall (down 0.07% m-o-m) and Jeonse (lump-sum deposits with nomonthly payments) prices moderated (up 0.01% m-o-m). Recently, the Korean economy has experienced a slowdown in employment and rising downwardpressure on growth as the expansion of domestic and external uncertainties has dampened economicsentiment. The global economy is showing an overall recovery, but amid ongoing geopolitical risks, factors such aspotential changes in trade environments are increasing uncertainties. With the Ministerial Meeting on Economic Affairs serving as the control tower, relevant governmentagencies would work in coordination to swiftly implement the 2025 Economic Policy Directions, aiming tomanage the economy as stably as possible. * For further details, please refer to the attached file.

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