The Green Book: Current Economic Trends
Overview Although inflation remains low, the Korean economy has been moderately picking up from a slowdown in August and September as the index of all industry production increased for the first time in three months and employment continued to rise by more than 400,000 jobs. The economy continued to add jobs in October, adding 406,000 jobs year-on-year, with young adult employment growth accelerating, but growth slowed down due to a high base effect from a year ago. Consumer price inflation remained low in November, falling from a 1.2 percent rise to a 1.0 percent rise compared to a ye...