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September 2016 Vol.38 No.9

The Green Book: Current Economic Trends

Economic News Briefing (September 2016)

Vol.38 No.9

Current Economic Trends: The Green Book (September 2016)

Policy Issue (September 2016)

Statistical Appendices (September 2016)

Policy Issue (September 2016)

Economic News Briefing

Statistical Appendices (September 2016)

Economic Trends

The Green Book: Current Economic Trends

Overview The Korean economy has seen domestic demand weaken as government measures aimed at boosting consumption expired, such as the individual consumption tax cut on cars, while exports improved due to recovering prices and volume as well as other temporary factors. The economy added fewer jobs in July than the previous month (up 354,000 up 298,000, y-o-y), despite improving job growth in the service sector, as job growth in the manufacturing sector fell sharply due to restructuring. Consumer price inflation rose at a slower rate in August compared with the previous month (up 0.7% up...

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Economic News Briefing (September 2016)

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Policy Issue (September 2016)

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Current Economic Trends: The Green Book (September 2016)

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Vol.38 No.9

Policy Issue

Policy Issue (September 2016)

▷2017 Budget Proposal▷2017 Budget to Focus on Creating Jobs and Boosting Economy▷The 2017 budget proposal promotes both expansionary policies and mid-term fiscal soundness. Total expenditures will be increased by 14.3 trillion won, or 3.7 percent, compared with the 2016 budget, and fiscal balance and national debt will improve compared with the 2015-2019 fiscal management plan. A total of 400.7 trillion won will be spent to successfully deal with economic and social changes and internal and external risks, improve people’s livelihoods, increase birth rates, and enhance national securit...

News Briefing

Economic News Briefing

1. Government discusses impact of Hanjin Shippings filing for court receivership and subsequent measures 2. Korea Sales Festa starts September 29 3. Korea launches an open platform for fintech 4. Regulations on free economic zones to be eased 5. External debt rises to US $391.8 bn in Q2 6. Korea grows 0.8% in Q2 (preliminary) * For further details, please refer to the attached file

Statistical Appendices(종간)