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KDI 경제교육·정보센터

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April 2019 Vol. 41 No.4

The Green Book: Current Economic Trends

2019 Supplementary Budget Plan

Economic News Briefing

Statistical Appendices

Economic Trends

The Green Book: Current Economic Trends

Overview Industrial activities slowed down due to fewer days worked in February. Employment continued to grow significantly in March and consumer prices remained stable. Industrial production fell in February (down 1.9%, m-o-m) as mining and manufacturing (down 2.6%, m-o-m), service output (down 1.1%, m-o-m) and construction completed (down 4.6%, m-o-m) all declined. Consumption and investment slowed in February: Retail sales fell (up 0.1% down 0.5%, m-o-m) as well as facility investment (up 1.9% down 10.4%, m-o-m) and construction completed (up 3.3% down 4.6%, m-o-m). Exports remained...

Policy Issue

2019 Supplementary Budget Plan

The government has drawn up a 6.7 trillion won worth of supplementary budget to ensure the citizens health and safety, and help boost the economy. Of the 6.7 trillion won of extra spending, 3.1 trillion won will be financed with surplus funds, including the 2018 fiscal account surpluses, and 3.6 trillion won will be financed through debt issuance. * For further details, please refer to the attached file

News Briefing

Economic News Briefing

1. Koreas 2018 Consolidated Fiscal Account Posts Surplus 2. Korea Launches Fintech Regulatory Sandbox 3. Korea and Uzbekistan Agree to Develop Cooperation Through New KSP Models * For further details, please refer to the attached file

Statistical Appendices(종간)