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December 2016 Vol.38 No.12

The Green Book: Current Economic Trends

News Briefing

Policy Issue

Statistics

Policy Issue

Economic News Briefing

Statistical Appendices

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Policy Issue

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News Briefing

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Economic Trends

The Green Book: Current Economic Trends

Overview The Korean economic recovery has been slowing down due to weak production and investment, although domestic consumption improved helped by consumption boosting measures, such as the Korea Sales Festa. Job growth improved in October as the economy added 278,000 jobs year-on-year, a rise from 267,000 in the previous month. Jobs in the service and construction sectors increased, while manufacturing shed 115,000 jobs. Consumer prices rose 1.3 percent year-on-year in November, showing the same increase pace as the previous month, despite oil product prices falling at a slower rate ...

Policy Issue

2017 Economic Policies--- The economy will have to deal with weakening recovery momentum due to increasing external and internal uncertainties, slowing domestic demand and structural issues. It is likely that ordinary citizens will be affected if the weakening of the momentum continues.The 2017 economic policies prioritize successfully managing risks that arise from those uncertainties and ensure that working classes will not be affected, as well as focus on restructuring to develop growth potential and on preparation for the future.* For further details, please refer to the attached f...

News Briefing

Economic News Briefing

1. 2017 budget approved at the National Assembly 2. Government to frontload 68% of budget in first half of 2017 3. Korea grows 0.6% in Q3 (preliminary) 4. External debt rises to US $400.4 bn in Q3 5. Economy picks up in 2018 according to the OECD 6. Daily transactions in won-yuan direct trading market average US $2 bn 7. Korea tops ICT Development Index for second consecutive year * For further details, please refer to the attached file

Statistical Appendices(종간)