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November 2017 Vol.39 No.11

The Green Book: Current Economic Trends

News Briefing

Policy Issue

Korea to Boost Entrepreneurship, Building up Startup-friendly Environment

Economic News Briefing

Statistical Appendices

Economic Trends

The Green Book: Current Economic Trends

Overview The Korean economy continued to improve as exports and production have been strong amid recovering global economies, and domestic demand showed signs of rebound. The economy added 314,000 jobs year-on-year in September, picking up from the temporary setback in the previous month (212,000 jobs) due to the bad weather. Supplementary budget spending contributed somewhat to the increase. Consumer price inflation in October fell 0.3 percentage points from the previous month (up 2.1% up 1.8%, y-o-y) due to low vegetable prices and without a low base effect from last summers electric...

Policy Issue

Korea to Boost Entrepreneurship, Building up Startup-friendly Environment

The government unveiled its plan to support innovative startups, which covers creating startup-friendly environment, providing financial support and promoting venture capital. The plan is in line with the administrations growth through innovation policies. 1. Create startup-friendly environment 2. Strengthen financial support and tax incentives 3. Create an ecosystem in which those who failed can have chances to try again * For further details, please refer to the attached file

Policy Issues Title

Policy Issue

News Briefing

Economic News Briefing

1. Government unveils support prior to minimum wage increase 2. Korea and Canada sign standing currency swap agreement 3. Government to improve regulations to develop KTB market 4. Korea grows 1.4% in Q3 2017 (advanced) 5. Korea ranks 4th in World Banks Doing Business index * For further details, please refer to the attached file

News Briefing TItle

News Briefing

Statistical Appendices(종간)