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December 2019 Vol 41 No 12

The Green Book: Current Economic Trends

2020 Economic Policies

Economic News Briefing

Statistical Appendices

Economic Trends

The Green Book: Current Economic Trends

Overview Services and construction investment improved in October, while mining manufacturing slowed down, as well as facilities investment. Job markets continued to improve in November and consumer prices rose somewhat. Industrial production fell 0.4 percent from the previous month in October as mining manufacturing declined (down 1.7%, m-o-m and down 2.5%, y-o-y) . Services improved somewhat (up 0.3%, m-o-m and up 0.7%, y-o-y). Retail sales (down 0.5%, m-o-m and up 2.1%, y-o-y) and facilities investment (down 0.8%, m-o-m and down 4.8%, y-o-y) went down inOctober. Construction investm...

Policy Issue

2020 Economic Policies

2020 outlook - Growth: Annual growth of 2.4 percent is expected. Exports and investments are projected to grow amid improving global economies and recovering semiconductor demand, as well as helped by policies to boost investment and domestic consumption. - Employment: A total of 250,000 jobs are expected to be added to the economy, the employment rate improving from 66.8 percent to 67.1 percent. - Inflation: The annual consumer price inflation is projected to be 1.0 percent, rising from 0.4 percent of the previous year. - Current account balance: Current account surpluses are expected...

News Briefing

Economic News Briefing

1. Korea grows 2.0% in Q3 2019 (preliminary) 2. Korea signs CEPA with Indonesia 3. Korean FDI posts US $12.78 billion in Q3 2019 4. Korea to impose tariff-rate quotas on 77 imports in 2020 * For further details, please refer to the attached file

Statistical Appendices(종간)