The Green Book: Current Economic Trends
Overview The economy has seen domestic demand improving, backed by strong consumption, while exports remain weak. The economy added more jobs in March than the previous month (223,000300,000, y-o-y) as job markets improved after the Lunar New Year holiday. Consumer price inflation stayed flat in April compared with the previous month at 1.0 percent year-on-year, as stabilizing service prices offset increases in some manufactured goods prices including oil products and smart phones. Mining and manufacturing production fell 2.2 percent in March compared with the previous month due to wea...