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KDI 경제교육·정보센터

Economic Information and Education Center

September 2021 Vol.43 No.9

Current Economic Trends

2022 Budget Proposal

Economic News Briefing

Statistical Appendices

Economic Trends

Current Economic Trends

Overview Manufacturing, services and retail sales rose in June, as well as construction investment. Facility investment slowed. Jobs continued an upward trajectory in July and consumer price inflation speeded up. Industrial production rose 1.6 percent from the previous month in June as mining and manufacturing (up 2.2%, m-o-m and up 11.9%, y-o-y) improved, as well as services (up 1.6%, m-o-m and up 4.9%, y-o-y). Compared with a year ago, industrial production rose 6.7 percent. Retail sales (up 1.4%, m-o-m and up 1.6%, y-o-y) and construction investment (up 2.0%, m-o-m and down 3.1%, y-...

Policy Issue

2022 Budget Proposal

2022 budget drawn up to help make strong leap forward beyond riding out pandemic The government proposed an expansionary budget of 604.4 trillion won for 2022, an 8.3 percent increase from the previous year. Tax revenues growing extensively backed by steady recovery, fiscal deficits are expected to decline substantially by 20 trillion won in 2022. The 2022 budget aims tohelp citizens recover from the pandemic, promote the sharing of economic recovery and push toward an adequate preparation for a post-pandemic economy. In 2022, the government will work toward these goals as it will incr...

News Briefing

Economic News Briefing

1. External debt amounts to US $604.2 billion 2. Korea to promote subscription economy 3. Government announces measures for rare metals industry * For further details, please refer to the attached file

Statistical Appendices(종간)