Economic Bulletin | KDI 경제교육·정보센터

KDI 경제교육·정보센터

Economic Information and Education Center

발행물

February 2020 Vol. 42 No. 2

The Green Book: Current Economic Trends

2020 Work Report

Economic News Briefing

Statistical Appendices

Economic Trends

The Green Book: Current Economic Trends

Overview Mining and manufacturing, retail sales, facilities investment and construction investment improved in December 2020. Services slowed somewhat. Industrial production rose 1.4 percent from the previous month in December due to strong mining and manufacturing (up 3.5%, m-o-m and up 4.2%, y-o-y). Services edged down (down 0.1%, m-o-m and up 2.8%, y-o-y). Industrial production rose 3.2 percent year on year. Retail sales (up 0.3%, m-o-m and up 4.6%, y-o-y), facilities investment (up 10.9%, m-o-m and up 11.1%, y-o-y) and construction investment (up 4.1%, m-o-m and down 2.1%, y-o-y) a...

Policy Issue

2020 Work Report

2020 Work Report: Promote Investment and Support Industrial Innovation The Ministry of Economy and Finance will help boost the economy over 2020 as it promotes investment and industrial innovation. We will continue to seek inclusiveness and work on public sector efficiency. 1. Promote investment to help boost the economy 2. Support industrial innovation 3. Seek inclusiveness 4. Improve public-sector efficiency * For further details, please refer to the attached file

News Briefing

Economic News Briefing

1. Government posts a 2.1 trillion won surplus 2. Korea to help exporters hit by COVID-19 outbreak 3. External debt amounts to US $467.0 billion in 2019 * For further details, please refer to the attached file

Statistical Appendices(종간)