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KDI 경제교육·정보센터

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April 2020 Vol. 42 No.4

The Green Book: Current Economic Trends

Economic News Briefing

Statistical Appendices

Economic Trends

The Green Book: Current Economic Trends

Overview Indicators showing industrial production and consumption declined in February. Industrial production fell 3.5 percent from the previous month in February. Mining and manufacturing went down (down 3.8%, m-o-m and up 11.4%, y-o-y), as well as service output (down 3.5%, m-o-m and up 1.2%, y-o-y). Industrial production rose 4.9 percent year on year. Retail sales (down 6.0%, m-o-m and down 2.3%, y-o-y) and facilities investment (down 4.8%, m-o-m and up 15.6%, y-o-y) went down from the previous month in February, as well as construction investment (down 3.4%, m-o-m and up 5.6%, y-o-...

News Briefing

Economic News Briefing

1. Korea grows 1.3% in Q1 2020 2. Government proposes second extra budget to finance COVID-19 emergency relief 3. Government releases COVID-19 response strategy 4. Consolidated fiscal account posts a 12.0 trillion won deficit in 2019 5. Government to set up a 40 trillion won fund to help pandemic-hit key industries 6. Inbound FDI up 3.2% in Q1 2020 * For further details, please refer to the attached file

Statistical Appendices(종간)