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KDI 경제교육·정보센터

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September 2022 Vol.44 No.9

Current Economic Trends

Korea and Vietnam hold ministerial talks to develop economic ties

Government to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

External debt amounts to US $662.0 billion in Q2 2022

Statistical Appendices

Economic Trends

Current Economic Trends

Mining manufacturing and facility investment rose in June while services, retail sales and construction investment declined. Employment continued to increase in July and consumer price inflation gathered speed. Industrial production increased 0.6 percent month-on-month in June as mining manufacturing (up 1.9%, m-o-m and up 1.4%, y-o-y) rose and services (down 0.3%, m-o-m and up 3.9%, y-o-y) fell. Facility investment (up 4.1%, m-o-m and down 0.7%, y-o-y) increased while retail sales (down 0.9%, m-o-m and down 1.5%, y-o-y) and construction investment (down 2.0%, m-o-m and up 1.8%, y-o-y)...

News Briefing

External debt amounts to US $662.0 billion in Q2 2022

Koreas external debt amounted to US $662.0 billion as of the end of June, rising US $7.9 billion from the end of the previous quarter. Government borrowings (down US $5.4 billion) and central bank borrowings (down US $4.2 billion) went down mainly due to foreign-owned long-term Korea Treasury bonds and monetary stabilization bonds (down US $7.0 billion) whose dollar equivalents were reduced because of a strong dollar. Borrowings by banks (up US $17.7 billion) significantly increased due to short-term foreign currency borrowings (up US $13.2 billion) caused by an increase in foreign cur...

Statistical Appendices(종간)