The Green Book: Current Economic Trends
Overview Koreas economic recovery has gained momentum as major real economic indicators, including production, consumption and investment, all improved, and employment and inflation remain stable. The economy added 432,000 jobs year-on-year in August, up from 367,000 in the previous month. Consumer price inflation went down year-on-year in September from 1.3 percent to 0.8 percent due to a fall in agricultural and petroleum product prices. Despite energy consumption restriction measures negatively affecting steel and chemical industries, mining and manufacturing production rose 1.8 per...