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KDI 경제교육·정보센터

Economic Information and Education Center

July 2023 Vol.45 No.7

Current Economic Trends

Korean FDI posts US $16.49 billion in Q1 2023

Korea and EBRD to boost ties for postwar reconstruction and recovery in Ukraine

Korea’s economy grows 0.3% in Q1 2023 (preliminary estimate)

Statistical Appendices

Economic Trends

Current Economic Trends

In April, industrial production, services production and retail sales decreased, while facility investment and construction investment increased. In May, employment continued its upward trend, and CPI inflation slowed down. In April, all industry production fell 1.4 percent month-on-month (down 0.8% y-o-y) as industrial production (down 1.2% m-o-m and down 8.9% y-o-y) and services production (down 0.3% m-o-m but up 3.1% y-o-y) decreased from the previous month. In April, retail sales decreased from the previous month (down 2.3% m-o-m and down 1.1% y-o-y), while facility investment (up ...

News Briefing

Korea’s economy grows 0.3% in Q1 2023 (preliminary estimate)

Koreas real gross domestic product (GDP) rose 0.3 percent quarteron-quarter in the first quarter of 2023, remaining unchanged from the advance estimate, according to the preliminary estimate released by the Bank of Korea (BOK) on June 2. The Korean economy grew 0.9 percent year-on-year. On the production side, agriculture, forestry fisheries fell 6.3 percent quarter-on-quarter. Manufacturing increased 1.3 percent as transportation equipment and primary metals climbed. Construction rose 3.0 percent backed by building construction. Services remained unchanged as healthcare welfare servi...

Statistical Appendices(종간)