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October 2017 Vol.39 No.10

The Green Book: Current Economic Trends

News Briefing

Policy Issue

Government to Promote Job Creation by Seeking a Social Economy

Economic News Briefing

Statistical Appendices

Economic Trends

The Green Book: Current Economic Trends

Overview The Korean economy has been recovering backed by strong exports amid recovering global economies, but domestic demand has yet to gain recovery momentum as consumption remains sluggish. The economy added 212,000 jobs year-on-year in August, a decrease from 313,000 in the previous month, due to a high base effect from a year ago when more than 390,000 jobs were created, as well as due to bad weather. Consumer prices in September rose at a slower rate compared with the previous month (up 2.6% up 2.1%, y-o-y) due to stabilizing agricultural product prices. Mining and manufacturing...

Policy Issue

Government to Promote Job Creation by Seeking a Social Economy

Policy Issue I: Government to promote job creation by seeking a social economy The administrations job creation package was unveiled at the 3rd meeting of Presidential Committee on Job Creation held on October 18, which contains ways to create quality jobs by promoting a social economy. Policy Issue II: Plans to curb household debt The government announced plans to manage household debt, which focuses not only on reducing financial risks and improving macroeconomic soundness, but also on boosting household income and raising their repayment ability. * For further details, please refer ...

Policy Issues Title

Policy Issue

News Briefing

Economic News Briefing

1. IMF and BOK revise up Koreas growth outlook 2. Moodys and Fitch reaffirm Koreas credit rating 3. ICT sector is a resilient pillar of the Korean economy, says OECD 4. FDI down 9.7% in Jan-Sep period * For further details, please refer to the attached file

News Briefing TItle

News Briefing

Statistical Appendices(종간)