The Green Book: Current Economic Trends
Overview The Korean economy has picked up from last months temporary slowdown as major economic indicators such as production, consumption and investment all improved, and employment and inflation remain stable. The economy added 476,000 jobs year-on-year in October, up from 463,000 in the previous month. Consumer price inflation posted an increase of less than 1.0 percent year-on-year for the third consecutive month in November due to a fall in agricultural and petroleum product prices. The index rose from 0.7 percent to 0.9 percent month-on-month. Mining and manufacturing production ...