The Green Book: Current Economic Trends
Overview The Korean economy has seen inflation remain stable and major economic indicators including production, investment and exports somewhat improve, but employment growth has been slowing down and consumption has been sluggish. In December, the economy added 277,000 jobs year-on-year, but posted a slowdown in employment growth for the third consecutive month. Consumer price inflation stayed stable in the 1 percent range in January, up from the previous months 1.4 percent to 1.5 percent, as falling petroleum product prices offset high agricultural product prices triggered by cold w...