The Green Book: Current Economic Trends
Overview The Korean economy has seen inflation remain stable, while employment growth has been slowing down, and major economic indicators including production, consumption and investment have been sluggish. In January, the economy added 322,000 jobs year-on-year, posting a slight improvement from 277,000 in the previous month, but the employment rate remained stagnant, showing no change from the previous year. Consumer price inflation stayed stable in the 1 percent range in February, down from the previous months 1.5 percent to 1.4 percent, as falling livestock product prices offset i...