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February 2018 Vol.40 No.2

The Green Book: Current Economic Trends

Economic News Briefing

Economic News Briefing

Statistical Appendices

Economic Trends

The Green Book: Current Economic Trends

Overview The Korean economy continues to recover as exports have been strong. Industrial production and investment have been improving for two consecutive months, and consumption fell due to a high base effect from the previous month. The economy added 253,000 jobs year-on-year in December 2017. Manufacturing and construction led the increase, while service job growth slowed down. Young adult unemployment rose (up 8.4% up 9.2%, y-o-y). Consumer price inflation in January 2018 fell 0.5 percentage points from the previous month (up 1.5% up 1.0%, y-o-y). Month-on-month, consumer prices ro...

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Economic News Briefing

1. Government to invest 5 trillion won to support growth through innovation 2. Government takes steps towards regulatory innovation 3. Korea and Switzerland sign currency swap agreement 4. Korea signs FTA with Central America 5. DPM Kim finds ways to improve business environmentfor Korean companies at the 15th Korea-China Finance Ministers Meeting 6. DPM Kim discusses ease of doing business at the 1st Korea-Uzbekistan Finance Ministers Meeting 7. Government posts 11.3 trillion won surplus in 2017 8. External debt amounts to US $418.8 billion in 2017 9. Korea grows 3.1% in 2017 (advance...

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