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KDI 경제교육·정보센터

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November 2016 Vol.38 No.11

The Green Book: Current Economic Trends

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Economic Trends

The Green Book: Current Economic Trends

Overview The Korean economy has seen domestic demand weaken and production slow due to a halt in sales of Samsungs Note 7 smartphones and as consumption boosted by last months unusually hot weather slowed. The economy added fewer jobs in September than the previous month (387,000 267,000, y-o-y) due to weather-related factors and as job growth in the manufacturing sector continued to decelerate. Consumer prices rose at a slightly faster rate in October compared with the previous month (up 1.2% up 1.3%, y-o-y) despite a drop in agricultural product prices, as electricity rates that were...

Policy Issue

Restructuring Plans for Shipbuilding and Shipping Industries▷The government announced on October 31 its restructuring plans for the shipbuilding and shipping industries. The plans also include measures to help stimulate the ailing economies of shipbuilding towns.▷ Measures to Curb Housing Market Overheating▷The government has announced its measures to curb recent overheating in the housing market as some regions show signs of it, although nationwide the market has been stable. The measures focus on helping the market work for those wanting to buy homes for nonspeculative purposes, and ...

News Briefing

Economic News Briefing

1. Korea ranks 5th in World Banks Doing Business report 2. Government announces new fintech roadmap 3.Korea-US envoy talks reaffirm need for stronger bilateral cooperation under new US administration 4.2nd Ministerial Meeting to Address Current Economic Issues held 5.Korean FDI up 11.2% in Jan-Sep period 6.Korea grows 0.7% in Q3 (advanced) * For further details, please refer to the attached file

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