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, continue to improve and employment keep rising by more than 400,000 jobs. The economy continued to add jobs in December, adding 422,000 jobs year-on-year, with permanent employment continuing to grow. Consumer price inflation remained low in January 2015, rising 0.5 month-on-month and 0.8 percent year-on-year, partly due to a continuous fall in international oil prices. Mining and manufacturing production grew at a fas...