The Green Book: Current Economic Trends
Overview Although inflation remains low, the Korean economy has seen major indicators, such as mining and manufacturing production, retail sales and facility investment, gradually improve and employment continue to rise by more than 400,000 jobs. The economy continued to add jobs in November, adding 438,000 jobs year-on-year, as regular workers continued to increase. Consumer price inflation remained low in December, falling from a 1.0 percent rise to a 0.8 percent rise compared to a year ago, in line with a continuous fall in international oil prices. Mining and manufacturing producti...