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March 2017 Vol.39 No.3

The Green Book: Current Economic Trends

5th Anniversary of the Korea-US FTA

Economic News Briefing

Statistical Appendices

Economic Trends

The Green Book: Current Economic Trends

Overview Production and investment have been improving due to strong exports, but domestic consumption remains weak, hampering recovery momentum. The economy added 243,000 jobs year-on-year in January 2017, going down from 289,000 a year ago despite strong services and construction sectors, as restructuring in ailing industries led to job losses in the manufacturing sector (down 160,000). Consumer prices, despite high oil prices, rose at a slower rate in February compared with the previous month (up 2.0% up 1.9%, y-o-y), as agricultural, livestock fishery product prices have stabilized...

Policy Issue

5th Anniversary of the Korea-US FTA

Data about the five years of the Korea-US FTA presented how mutually beneficial the FTA has been as Korea ran surpluses in goods trade, while the US benefited from services and FDI.Trade in goodsTrade in goods jumped 8.8 percent as of the end of 2016 compared with five years ago at the beginning of the trade deal. This shows how successfully the trade deal has worked since both countries saw their total trade in goods decline amid slowing down global trade, which fell an average of 2.0 percent during the 2012-2016 period. Both countries expanded their market shares: Korean markets for ...

News Briefing

Economic News Briefing

1. Deputy Prime Minister meets with key leaders at G20 in Germany 2. 11th Trade and Investment Promotion Meeting focuses on boosting domestic demand 3. Korea initials FTA with Central American countries 4. Government seeks to boost agricultural and fishery product exports 5. Korea-Indonesia swap deal extended for another three years 6. KSP to be upgraded 7. Government to work on the creditor group plan for Daewoo Shipbuilding restructuring * For further details, please refer to the attached file

Statistical Appendices(종간)