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Vol.36 No.3 March 2014

conomic u l l e t i n

Vol. 36 No.3 March 2014

The Green Book: Current Economic Trends Policy Issues

Three Year Plan for Economic Innovation

Economic News Briefing ECONOMIC BULLETIN (Republic of Korea)

March 2014

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Statistical Appendices

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MOSF / KDI

Tel. +82 44 550 4645

Website. http://eiec.kdi.re.kr

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Hahoe masks The Hahoe mask, which is part of Korea’s rich cultural heritage, is a wooden mask used as props in traditional mask dances. Hahoe masks comes in various forms, each of which represents a certain social position or occupation. Examples include the yangbantal (nobleman),

gaksital (bride) and baekjeongtal (butcher).

Useful economy-related websites

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Ministry of Strategy and Finance http://english.mosf.go.kr

Fair Trade Commission http://eng.ftc.go.kr

Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy http://www.motie.go.kr/language/eng

Ministry of Employment and Labor http://www.moel.go.kr/english

Financial Services Commission http://www.fsc.go.kr/eng

The Bank of Korea http://www.bok.or.kr/eng

Financial Supervisory Service http://english.fss.or.kr

Statistics Korea http://kostat.go.kr/portal/english

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contents

02 The Green Book : Current Economic Trends 03 04 10 12 15 17 20 22 24 28

32 34

39

44

Overview 1. External economic situation 2. Private consumption 3. Facility investment 4. Construction investment 5. Exports and imports 6. Mining and manufacturing production 7. Service sector activity 8. Employment 9. Financial markets 9.1 Stock market 9.2 Exchange rate 9.3 Bond market 9.4 Money supply & money market 10. Balance of payments 11. Prices and international commodity prices 11.1 Prices 11.2 International oil and commodity prices 12. Real estate market 12.1 Housing market 12.2 Land market 13. Composite indices of business cycle indicators

46 Policy Issues 47

Three Year Plan for Economic Innovation

53 Economic News Briefing 57 Statistical Appendices

Editor-in-Chief Editorial Board Coordinators Editor

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Cho Byung-Koo (KDI), Kim Yong-Jin (MOSF) Lauren Kang (MOSF), Lee Seong-Pyo (KDI), Lee Jae-Yeal (KDI) Kim Dae-Hyun (MOSF), Lee Ji-Youn (KDI) David Friedman (MOSF)

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Th Gr e ee nB oo k Cu rre nt

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E c o n o m i c B u l le t i n

Ec on om ic T ren ds

Overview

1. External economic situation 2. Private consumption 3. Facility investment 4. Construction investment 5. Exports and imports

6. Mining and manufacturing production 7. Service sector activity 8. Employment 9. Financial markets 10. Balance of payments 11. Prices and international commodity prices 12. Real estate market 13. Composite indices of business cycle indicators

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Current Economic Trends

OVERVIEW Employment and inflation remain stable in the economy, with output rising in all sectors including mining and manufacturing, services, construction and public administration.

Exports rose 1.6 percent in February, led by shipments of IT products as well as exports to the EU and the ASEAN countries. The trade balance remained in the black at US$0.93 billion.

The economy added 705,000 jobs year-on-year in January, up from 560,000 in the previous month.

Volatility increased in the stock markets in February, due to the US government’s winding down of its quantitative easing program, instability in the emerging markets, and improving economic data in major countries. The value of the won improved slightly.

Consumer price inflation in February was 1.0 percent, down from 1.1 percent in January.

Mining and manufacturing production grew 0.1 percent in January, led by mobile phones and automobiles. Service output increased 0.9 percent, as wholesale & retail and hotels & restaurants improved due to the Lunar New Year effect.

Retail sales increased at the fastest pace in 34 months, rising 2.4 percent month-on-month in January. An increase in car sales following the special consumption tax cut (7% > 6%) helped recover from the previous month’s fall in retail sales (down 1.1%).

Facility investment fell 4.5 percent in January.

The value of construction completed increased 9.7 percent, growing at the fastest pace since December 2011.

The cyclical indicator of the coincident composite index rose 0.3 points month-on-month, while the cyclical indicator of the leading composite index remained unchanged in January.

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Housing prices continued to increase month-onmonth in February (0.24% > 0.20%) . Jeonse prices (lump-sum deposits with no monthly payments) also continued to rise, but at a slower pace (0.59% > 0.49%) .

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The Korean economy has showed clear signs of recovery. However, recovery in the private sector including investment has yet to firmly take hold, and external uncertainties concerning US quantitative easing risks, unstable emerging markets and the weak yen remain.

The Korean government will closely monitor global and domestic economic situations and prepare for external shocks, while continue to work on boosting domestic demand and support the working class.

The government will also focus on successfully implementing the Three Year Plan for Economic Innovation.

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The Green Book :

Current Economic Trends

1. External economic situation

The global economy, led by the US and other advanced economies, continues to recover. However, downside risk factors remain as the US Fed continues to wind down its monetary stimulus, which is leading to worries of a slowdown in emerging economies. On January 29, the US FOMC decided to further reduce its bond-buying program from US$75 billion per month to US$65 billion.

The Ukraine crisis also poses a risk to the global economy, as political turmoil in the nation is causing tensions to heighten in related nations, including the US and Russia.

4 E c o n o m i c B u l le t i n

Other potential risk factors remain as Abenomics continues to run its course, China faces the possibility that its new growth strategy will lead to a slowdown, and the eurozone continues to wrestle with high unemployment and low inflation.

World GDP growth 6

(%)

5 4 3 2 1 0 -1 2001

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2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

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US The US economy (quarter-on-quarter, annualized) grew 2.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013, slowing from 4.1 percent in the third quarter due in part to the cold weather. However, the US economy will continue to recover, led by private consumption and employment.

Retail sales in January declined 0.4 percent from the previous month, but the University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index rose from 81.2 in January to 81.6 in February, signaling a steady recovery in consumption.

University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index

Contribution to growth rate (Q3 > Q4, %p)

73.8 (Jan 2013) > 78.6 (Mar) > 84.5 (May) > 85.1 (Jul) > 77.5

1.36 > 1.73 (private consumption), 0.58 > 0.87 (corporate

(Sep) > 75.1 (Nov) > 81.2 (Jan 2014) > 81.6 (Feb)

investment), 0.31 > -0.29 (housing investment), 1.67 > 0.14 (inventory investment), 0.14 > 0.99 (net exports), 0.08 > -1.05 (government spending)

Case-Shiller Home Price Index (q-o-q, %) 1.7 (Q3 2012) > 1.9 (Q4) > 3.4 (Q1 2013) > 3.6 (Q2) > 2.5 (Q3) 0.2 (Oct 2013) > 0.0 (Nov) > -0.1 (Dec)

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Industrial production in January declined 0.3 percent, in contrast to growing 0.3 percent in the previous month. The ISM Manufacturing Index, which forecasts business sentiment, rose from 51.3 in January to 53.2 in February.

The housing market sent mixed signals. Existing home sales fell 5.1 percent month-on-month in January, while new home sales surged 12.2 percent.

Housing prices declined 0.1 percent in December 2013.

ISM Manufacturing Index (base=50) 53.1 (Jan 2013) > 51.3 (Mar) > 49.0 (May) > 55.4 (Jul) >

New home sales (m-o-m, %)

56.2 (Sep) > 56.4 (Oct) > 57.3 (Nov) > 56.5 (Dec) > 51.3

15.7 (Jan 2013) > -0.4 (Mar) > -3.8 (May) > -17.1 (Jul) > 3.9

(Jan 2014) > 53.2 (Feb)

(Sep) > -1.8 (Nov) > -3.8 (Dec) > 12.2 (Jan 2014)

US GDP growth and industrial production Sources: US Department of Commerce, Federal Reserve Board 10 8 6 4 2 0 -2 -4 -6 -8 -10 2001.1Q

2002.1Q

2003.1Q

GDP (q-o-q, annualized rate)

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2004.1Q

2005.1Q

2006.1Q

2007.1Q

2008.1Q

2009.1Q

2010.1Q

2011.1Q

2012.1Q

2013.1Q

Industrial production (q-o-q)

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The Green Book :

Current Economic Trends

The labor market is recovering at a strong pace, with the economy adding 175,000 jobs in February, up from 129,000 in the previous month and beating market expectations (149,000). However, the unemployment rate inched up to 6.7 percent.

Nonfarm payroll increase (m-o-m, thousand) 148 (Jan 2013) > 142 (Mar) > 176 (May) > 89 (Jul) > 175 (Sep) > 200 (Oct) > 274 (Nov) > 84 (Dec) > 129 (Jan 2014) > 175 (Feb) Nonfarm payroll increase in February by industry (Out of 175,000 jobs added, thousand) 162 (private sector): 1 (mining), 6 (manufacturing), 15 (construction), 140 (service)

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13 (public sector)

US nonfarm payroll growth and unemployment rate E c o n o m i c B u l le t i n

Source: US Department of Labor 600

(thousand)

(%) 10

400

8

200 0

6

-200

4

-400 -600

2

-800 2001.1

2002.1

2003.1

2004.1

2005.1

2006.1

2007.1

2008.1

2009.1

2010.1

2011.1

US nonfarm payroll growth (m-o-m, left)

2012.1

2013.1

2014.1

Unemployment rate (right)

(Percentage change from previous period)

2011 2012 Annual Annual Q4

Annual

Q1

2013¹ Q2 Q3

Q4

Dec

2014¹ Jan Feb

Real GDP²

1.8

2.8

0.1

1.9

1.1

2.5

4.1

2.4

-

-

-

- Personal consumption expenditure

2.5

2.2

1.7

2.0

2.3

1.8

2.0

2.6

-

-

-

- Corporate fixed investment

7.6

7.3

9.8

2.6

-4.6

4.7

4.8

7.3

-

-

-

- Housing construction investment

0.5

12.9

19.8

12.0

12.5

14.2

10.3

-8.7

-

-

-

Industrial production

4.1

3.8

0.6

0.3

1.0

0.3

0.6

1.7

0.3

-0.3

-

Retail sales

8.0

5.0

1.5

0.3

1.0

0.9

1.1

1.0

0.3

0.0

-

Existing home sales

2.4

9.9

3.3

8.9

1.0

2.3

5.9

-7.8

0.1

-5.1

-

Unemployment rate³

9.0

8.1

7.8

7.4

7.7

7.6

7.3

7.0

6.7

6.6

6.7

Consumer prices (y-o-y)

3.2

2.1

1.9

1.5

1.7

1.4

1.6

1.2

1.5

1.6

-

1. Preliminary 2. Annualized rate (%) 3. Seasonally adjusted Sources: US Department of Commerce, Bloomberg

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China The Chinese economy grew 7.7 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013, a slight slowdown compared to the 7.8 percent growth seen in the third quarter, and manufacturing was somewhat poor in the first two months of 2014. The manufacturing PMI fell for three consecutive months.

Manufacturing PMI (base=50)

51.4 (Oct 2013) > 51.4 (Nov) > 51.0 (Dec) > 50.5 (Jan 2014) > 50.2 (Feb) The Chinese government announced a growth target of 7.5 percent for 2014 at the National People’s Congress on March 5.

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2011 2012¹ Annual Annual Q4 Real GDP

Annual

Q1

2013¹ Q2 Q3

Q4

Dec

2014¹ Jan Feb

9.3

7.7

7.9

7.7

7.7

7.5

7.8

7.7

-

-

-

Industrial production

13.9

10.0

10.0

9.7

9.5

9.1

10.1

10.0

9.7

-

-

Fixed asset investment (accumulated)

23.8

20.6

20.6

19.6

20.9

20.1

20.2

19.6

19.6

-

-

Retail sales

17.1

14.3

14.9

13.1

12.4

13.0

13.3

13.5

13.6

-

-

Exports

-18.1

20.7

8.3

9.5

8.6

18.9

4.2

4.0

7.5

4.3

10.6

Consumer prices²

5.4

2.6

2.1

2.6

2.4

2.4

2.8

2.9

2.5

2.5

2.0

Producer prices²

6.0

-1.7

-2.3

-1.9

-1.7

-2.7

-1.7

-1.4

-1.4

-1.6

-2.0

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(Percentage change from same period in previous year)

1. Preliminary 2. Quarterly change: average of monthly change Source: China National Bureau of Statistics

China’s GDP growth and fixed asset investment Source: National Bureau of Statistics of China 18

(%)

(%)

70

16

60

14

50

12

40

10

30

8

20

6

10 0

4 2001.Q1

2002.Q1

GDP (y-o-y, left)

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2003.Q1

2004.Q1

2005.Q1

2006.Q1

2007.Q1

2008.Q1

2009.Q1

2010.Q1

2011.Q1

2012.Q1

2013.Q1

Fixed asset investment (accumulated, y-o-y, right)

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The Green Book :

Current Economic Trends

Japan Japan’s economic growth remained sluggish in the fourth quarter of 2013, growing 0.2 percent quarter-onquarter. However, retail sales improved in January as demand increased ahead of a sales tax hike scheduled for April.

The consumer price index (CPI) continunued to rise in January, increasing by 1.4 percent while the core CPI increased by 1.3 percent.

On February 18, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) decided to continue its monetary stimulus program at an annual pace of 60 to 70 trillion yen, and also to double the size of its private loan program.

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E c o n o m i c B u l le t i n

2011 Annual

2012¹ Annual Q4

2013¹ Annual

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Dec

2014¹ Jan

Real GDP

-0.5

1.4

0.1

1.5

1.1

1.0

0.2

0.2

-

-

Industrial production

-2.4

-0.3

-1.9

1.5

2.2

1.5

1.7

0.7

1.1

4.0

Retail sales

-1.2

1.6

-0.2

0.4

0.6

1.1

-0.2

0.0

-1.1

1.4

Exports (y-o-y)

-2.7

-2.8

-5.5

9.6

1.2

7.1

12.8

17.4

15.3

9.5

Consumer prices (y-o-y)

-0.3

-0.0

-0.2

0.4

-0.6

-0.3

0.9

1.4

1.6

1.4

1. Preliminary Sources: Japan's Cabinet Office, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Ministry of Finance, Statistics Bureau of Japan

Japan’s GDP growth and industrial production Source: Japan's Cabinet Office, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry 6 (%)

(%) 4

25 20 15 10

2

5 0

0 -5

-2

-10 -15

-4

-20 -6

-25

2001.Q1

2002.Q1

GDP (q-o-q, left)

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2003.Q1

2004.Q1

2005.Q1

2006.Q1

2007.Q1

2008.Q1

2009.Q1

2010.Q1

2011.Q1

2012.Q1

2013.Q1

Industrial production (q-o-q, right)

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Eurozone The eurozone’s recovery is gathering momentum, led by Germany, showing positive growth for three consecutive quarters since the second quarter of 2013. However, risk factors remain, such as the continuing high unemployment and low inflation.

Manufacturing PMI (base=50)

47.9 (Jan 2013) > 46.8 (Mar) > 48.3 (May) > 50.3 (Jul) > 51.1 (Sep) > 51.3 (Oct) > 51.6 (Nov) > 52.7 (Dec) > 54.0 (Jan 2014) > 53.2 (Feb) Unemployment rate (%) 12.0 (Jan 2013) > 12.1 (Mar) > 12.1 (May) > 12.1 (Jul) > 12.1 (Aug) > 12.2 (Sep) > 12.0 (Oct) > 12.0 (Nov) > 12.0 (Dec) > 12.0 (Jan 2014)

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(Percentage change from previous period)

Real GDP

1.7

Industrial production

-0.6

Annual

Q1

Q2

2013¹ Q3

Q4

Dec

2014¹ Jan

-0.4

-0.2

0.3

0.1

0.3

-

-

-0.5

3.5

-2.4

-2.4

-2.4

0.4

0.7

0.0

0.3

-0.8

-

Retail sales

-0.5

-1.7

-1.5

-0.9

0.2

0.2

0.4

-0.7

-1.6

-

Exports (y-o-y)

13.3

1.8

5.5

0.8

-5.1

-3.2

-2.0

0.8

3.8

-

2.7

2.5

2.3

1.3

1.9

1.4

1.3

0.8

0.8

0.7

Consumer prices (y-o-y)

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2011 2012 Annual Annual Q4

1. Preliminary Sources: Eurostat, Bloomberg

Eurozone’s GDP growth and industrial production Source: Eurostat 3

(%)

(%)

2

10 8 6 4

1

2 0

0

-2 -1

-4 -6

-2

-8

-3 2001.Q1

-10 2002.Q1

GDP (q-o-q, left)

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2003.Q1

2004.Q1

2005.Q1

2006.Q1

2007.Q1

2008.Q1

2009.Q1

2010.Q1

2011.Q1

2012.Q1

2013.Q1

Industrial production (q-o-q, right)

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The Green Book :

Current Economic Trends

2. Private consumption

Private consumption in the fourth quarter of 2013 (advanced estimates GDP) increased 0.9 percent compared to the previous quarter and 2.2 percent compared to a year ago.

(Percentage change from previous period)

2011

10

2012¹

2013¹

Annual

Q3

Q4

Annual

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Annual

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Private consumption²

2.4

0.1

-0.2

1.7

0.8

0.4

0.7

0.8

1.9

-0.4

0.7

1.0

0.9

(y-o-y)

-

2.1

1.2

-

1.3

1.0

1.7

2.7

-

1.5

1.8

2.1

2.2

E c o n o m i c B u l le t i n

1. Preliminary 2. National accounts Source: The Bank of Korea

Private consumption Source: The Bank of Korea (national accounts) 14 12

(%)

10 8 6 4 2 0 -2 -4 -6 2001.Q1

2002.Q1

2003.Q1

Private consumption (q-o-q)

2004.Q1

2005.Q1

2006.Q1

2007.Q1

2008.Q1

2009.Q1

2010.Q1

2011.Q1

2012.Q1

2013.Q1

Private consumption (y-o-y)

Retail sales in January increased 2.4 percent compared to the previous month as growth in durable goods (up 9.8%) and nondurable goods (up 2.5%) offset decreases in semi-durable goods (down 5.8%) . Compared to a year ago, retail sales increased 5.7 percent.

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Retail sales Source: Statistics Korea (industrial activity trends) 20 (%) 15 10 5 0 -5 -10 2001.1

2002.1

2003.1

2004.1

2005.1

2006.1

2007.1

2008.1

2009.1

2010.1

2011.1

2012.1

Retail sales (m-o-m)

2013.1

2014.1

Retail sales (y-o-y)

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Retail sales by type Source: Statistics Korea (industrial activity trends) 50

11

(y-o-y, %)

40 30 20 10 0 -10 -20 2001.1

2002.1

2003.1

2004.1

2005.1

2006.1

Durable goods

2007.1

2008.1

2009.1

2010.1

2011.1

2012.1

2013.1

2014.1

Nondurable goods

Semi-durable goods

(Percentage change from previous period)

Retail sales (y-o-y) - Durable goods² · Automobiles - Semi-durable goods³ - Nondurable goods4

2011 2012 Annual Annual Q3 4.5 2.4 1.4 2.7 10.3 5.3 3.2 7.0 2.4 -4.4 4.2 -0.4 -0.1 2.1 2.0 1.3

Q4 -0.1 2.5 2.1 12.0 1.1 -1.8

Annual 0.8 0.3 2.1 2.0 0.6

Q1 -1.0 0.3 -4.1 -7.2 1.4 -0.6

Q2 0.9 1.2 1.8 2.2 -0.4 1.3

2013¹ Q3 0.8 0.7 -0.3 2.1 0.9 1.5

Q4¹ 0.4 1.2 0.2 -2.1 -0.8 0.8

Nov¹ 0.6 1.3 -1.6 -0.8 4.1 0.4

2014¹ Dec¹ Jan¹ -1.1 2.4 0.2 5.7 -2.1 9.8 -4.4 18.8 -0.7 -5.8 -0.7 2.5

1. Preliminary 2. Durable goods: Automobiles, electronic appliances, furniture, telecommunications devices, etc.

3. Semi-durable goods: Clothing, footwear, etc. 4. Nondurable goods: Food, medicine, cosmetics, fuel, tobacco, etc.

Source: Statistics Korea

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The Green Book :

Current Economic Trends

Retail sales in February are likely to decline compared to January due to sluggish grocery sales, but sales are expected to pick up for the next two months.

Year-on-year growth of domestic sales of cars increased due to a low base effect from the previous year. Sales at department stores and large discount stores declined year-on-year, led by grocery sales, due to the Lunar New Year falling in January and not February.

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(y-o-y, %)

2013

E c o n o m i c B u l le t i n

Credit card use

2014

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

7.2

7.6

1.0

5.1

4.2

3.6

9.1

2.5

Department store sales

-2.1

7.0

2.8

-1.7

5.9

0.3

7.2

-1.7

Large discount store sales

-4.9

-2.4

-5.2

-6.4

0.8

-6.0

18.4

-23.1

Domestic sales of gasoline

-3.4

12.3

1.3

-2.0

0.4

2.6

-2.9

2.2

5.2

23.9

-14.5

-3.0

-8.5

-11.8

4.1

9.6

Domestic sales of cars

Sources: Credit Finance Association of Korea, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Korea National Oil Corporation, Korea Automobile Manufacturers Association, Ministry of Strategy and Finance (for February data)

3. Facility investment

Facility investment (advanced estimates of GDP) rose 6.4 percent quarter-on-quarter and 9.9 percent year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2013.

(Percentage change from previous period)

2011 2012¹ Annual Annual Q3 Facility investment² (y-o-y)

Q4

Annual

Q1

2013¹ Q2

Q3

2.6

-0.2

1.0

6.4

-11.9

-4.6

1.5

9.9

3.6

-1.9

-5.2

-1.8

-1.5

-

-

-6.9

-5.2

-

Q4

- Machinery

4.2

-1.1

-6.0

-3.2

-

1.1

0.6

3.7

-

- Transportation equipment

1.4

-5.0

-1.7

3.7

-

7.8

-2.9

-8.3

-

1. Preliminary 2. National accounts Source: The Bank of Korea

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Facility investment Source: The Bank of Korea (national accounts) 40

(%)

30 20 10 0 -10

13

-20 -30 2001.Q1

2002.Q1

2003.Q1

2004.Q1

2005.Q1

2006.Q1

2007.Q1

2008.Q1

2009.Q1

2010.Q1

2011.Q1

2013.Q1

Facility investment (y-o-y)

Facility investment by type Source: The Bank of Korea (national accounts) 50 40

(y-o-y, %)

The Green Book

Facility investment (q-o-q)

2012.Q1

30 20 10 0 -10 -20 -30 -40 2001.Q1

2002.Q1

2003.Q1

2004.Q1

2005.Q1

2006.Q1

2007.Q1

2008.Q1

2009.Q1

2010.Q1

2011.Q1

2012.Q1

Transportation equipment

2013.Q1

Machinery

(Percentage change from previous period)

2011 2012 Annual Annual Annual

Q1

Q2

2013¹ Q3 Q4¹

Oct

Nov¹

Dec1

2014¹ Jan1

Facility investment index

3.5

-2.8

-1.3

-3.1

1.1

5.0

5.9

15.7

-8.5

3.2

-4.5

(y-o-y)

-

-

-

-13.1

-4.0

2.7

10.4

15.2

9.7

6.6

-1.7

4.9

-2.7

-2.6

-3.5

2.9

4.5

7.3

14.5

-6.8

1.1

-8.6

-0.4

-3.0

2.3

-2.0

-4.0

6.4

2.5

19.8

-13.1

8.9

7.6

- Machinery - Transportation equipment 1. Preliminary Source: Statistics Korea

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Current Economic Trends

The facility investment index in January declined 4.5 percent month-on-month as both transportation equipment investment and machinery investment decreased. The index fell 1.7 percent year-on-year.

Facility investment in February will be affected by positive factors, such as a rising corporate confidence and average manufacturing operation ratio, and negative factors, such as the end of the special consumption tax cut.

Business survey index for manufacturing sector (Bank of Korea) 82 (Jun 2013) > 78 (Jul) > 73 (Aug) > 77 (Sep) > 82 (Oct) > 83 (Nov) > 78 (Dec) > 79 (Jan 2014) > 81 (Feb) > 85 (Mar)

14 (Percentage change from same period in previous year)

E c o n o m i c B u l le t i n

2011 2012 Annual Annual Annual

Q1

Q2

2013¹ Q3 Q4¹

Oct

Nov¹

Dec¹

2014¹ Jan¹

27.4

Domestic machinery orders

7.6 -13.9

6.7 -11.4

8.8

2.2

32.4

72.4

2.4

0.2

(q-o-q, m-o-m)

-

-

6.8

3.9

-6.9

27.7

67.2 -13.1 -18.7

12.4

20.6 -47.0

94.2

-

-Public

-2.6 -11.0

-9.7 129.7 815.5

28.2 -51.4 -33.7

-Private

8.8 -14.2

5.2

-6.1

4.0

3.8

22.1

27.5

27.3

11.6

3.0

Machinery imports

7.1

-3.0

6.5 -11.8

-2.1

6.8

13.2

26.1

9.2

4.9

-9.9

Average manufacturing operation ratio

80.5

78.5

76.2

77.3

75.9

75.1

76.6

76.2

76.2

77.3

78.2

Facility investment adjustment pressure²

1.1

-0.7

-1.4

-2.6

-1.6

-1.7

0.3

1.9

-2.4

1.1

-5.5

1. Preliminary 2. Production growth rate minus production capacity growth rate in the manufacturing sector (%p) Sources: Statistics Korea, Korea International Trade Association

Leading indicators of facility investment Sources: Statistics Korea (machinery orders), Korea International Trade Association (machinery imports) 10 9

(trillion won)

(y-o-y, %)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 2001.Q1 2002.Q1 2003.Q1 2004.Q1 2005.Q1 2006.Q1 2007.Q1 2008.Q1 2009.Q1 2010.Q1

Machinery orders (left)

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70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 -10 -20 -30 -40 -50

2011.Q1 2012.Q1 2013.Q1

Machinery imports (right)

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4. Construction investment

Construction investment (advanced estimates of GDP) in the fourth quarter of 2013 fell 3.8 percent quarter-on-quarter, but rose 8.1 percent year-on-year.

The value of construction completed (constant) in January rose 9.7 percent month-on-month due to strong building construction and civil engineering works. The index increased 12.8 percent year-on-year.

Construction investment

15

Source: The Bank of Korea (national accounts) 20

(%)

The Green Book

15 10 5 0 -5 -10 -15 2001.Q1

2002.Q1

2003.Q1

2004.Q1

2005.Q1

2006.Q1

2007.Q1

2008.Q1

2009.Q1

2010.Q1

Construction investment (q-o-q)

2011.Q1

2012.Q1

2013.Q1

Construction investment (y-o-y)

Construction investment by type Source: The Bank of Korea (national accounts) 50 (y-o-y, %) 40 30 20 10 0 -10 -20 -30 2001.Q1

2002.Q1

2003.Q1

Building construction

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2004.Q1

2005.Q1

2006.Q1

2007.Q1

2008.Q1

Residential buildings

2009.Q1

2010.Q1

2011.Q1

2012.Q1

2013.Q1

Civil engineering works

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Current Economic Trends

(Percentage change from previous quarter)

2011¹ 2012¹ Annual Annual Q3 Construction investment² (y-o-y) - Building construction - Civil engineering works

-4.7 -

-2.2 -

-2.7 -7.3

-1.7 -2.9

Q4

0.7

-1.2

-0.3 0.1 1.5

-4.2 -0.3 -2.4

Annual

2013¹ Q2

Q1

6.9 -

Q3

Q4

4.1

3.4

3.2

-3.8

2.4 4.6 3.5

7.2 3.7 3.1

8.6 3.9 2.3

8.1 -

1. Preliminary 2. National accounts Source: The Bank of Korea

(Percentage change from previous quarter)

2011 2012 Annual Annual Annual

16

Q1

Q2

2013¹ Q3 Q41

Oct

Nov1

Dec1

2014¹ Jan1

E c o n o m i c B u l le t i n

Construction completed (constant)

-6.4

-5.0

10.1

3.5

6.3

-0.1

-0.7

1.0

1.1

-4.9

9.7

(y-o-y) - Building construction - Civil engineering works

-6.9 -5.6

-6.6 -3.0

14.8 4.3

4.4 5.6 1.0

15.0 7.7 4.6

10.5 0.4 -0.9

9.7 2.9 -5.4

16.8 1.3 0.5

11.3 5.5 -4.9

3.3 -5.2 -4.5

12.8 10.0 9.2

1. Preliminary Source: Statistics Korea

Construction investment in February will be affected by positive factors, such as a decline in unsold new homes, a rise in new apartment sales and increased SOC expenditures, and negative factors, such as a high base effect.

Unsold houses (thousand, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport) 70 (Apr 2013) > 67 (May) > 65 (Jun) > 68 (Jul) > 68 (Aug) > 66 (Sep) > 64 (Oct) > 64 (Nov) > 61 (Dec) > 59 (Jan 2014) New apartment sales (thousand, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport) 16 (Apr 2013) > 29 (May) > 40 (Jun) > 14 (Jul) > 28 (Aug) > 24 (Sep) > 50 (Oct) > 44 (Nov) > 12 (Dec) > 6 (Jan 2014) > 10 (Feb)

Leading indicators of construction investment Sources: Statistics Korea (construction orders), Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (building permit area) 290

(y-o-y, %)

240 190 140 90 40 -10 -60 2001.1

2002.1

2003.1

Construction orders

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2004.1

2005.1

2006.1

2007.1

2008.1

2009.1

2010.1

2011.1

2012.1

2013.1

2014.1

Building permit area

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(Percentage change from same period in previous year)

2011 2012 Annual Annual Annual Construction orders (current value) (q-o-q, m-o-m) - Building construction - Civil engineering works Building permit area

2013¹ Q3 Q41

Q1

Q2

-40.8

-29.5

-10.6

22.2

0.3 -29.6 -29.4

16.8 -10.8 -10.0

2.8 17.9 32.9

-14.6

-3.4

-0.2

6.1 -

-6.2 -

-15.4 -

14.0 -6.0

-4.7 -9.1

-13.4 -19.2

-2.2 -34.0 -50.4

9.9

-0.5

-7.3

-12.4

Nov1

Dec1

2014¹ Jan1

26.7

9.1

29.5

43.3

0.5 13.2 67.7

-6.7 5.5 18.9

0.5 31.5 25.6

3.7 68.6 26.7

5.9

25.6

-18.5

-16.4

Oct

1. Preliminary Sources: Statistics Korea, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport

17

Export growth by item (y-o-y, %)

Exports in February increased 1.6 percent(preliminary) year-on-year to US$42.99 billion.

34.5(mobilephones),14.5(semiconductors),9.1(automobiles), 0.4 (steel), -7.0 (vessels), -15.4 (petroleum products)

Exports are continuning to increase in line with the global economy recovery, but export growth in Febuary was hampered by sluggish exports of petroleum products (due to lower export unit prices) and vessels (due to delivery delays).

The Green Book

5. Exports and Imports

Export growth by region (y-o-y, %)

10.6 (EU), 15.1 (ASEAN countries), 3.8 (China), -6.7 (US), -9.5 (Japan) Average daily exports, an indicator adjusted to days worked, was down 3.2 percent year-on-year, posting US$2 billion in February.

Shipments of semiconductors and mobile phones continued to grow along with increasing exports to the EU and the ASEAN countries. However, shipments of vessels and petroleum products declined, as well as exports to the US and Japan.

Average daily export growth (y-o-y, %) 8.2 (Sep 2013) > 7.2 (Oct) > 2.3 (Nov) > -0.1 (Dec) > 8.9 (Jan 2014) > -3.2 (Feb)

(US$ billion)

Exports

2012 Annual

Annual

Q1

547.87

559.65

135.42

Q2

2013 Q3

Q4

Feb

Dec

Jan

2014 Feb1

141.17

136.78

146.37

42.33

47.98

45.58

42.99

(y-o-y, %)

-1.3

2.1

0.4

0.7

2.8

4.7

-8.6

6.9

-0.2

1.6

Average daily exports

2.00

2.05

2.02

2.07

2.01

2.11

2.06

2.09

2.07

2.00

1. Preliminary Source: Korea Customs Service

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The Green Book :

Current Economic Trends

Exports by item Sources: Korea Customs Service, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (export and import trends) 160 140

(y-o-y, %)

120 100 80 60 40 20 0

18

-20 -40 -60 -80

E c o n o m i c B u l le t i n

2001.1

2002.1

2003.1

2004.1

2005.1

Export growth rate

2006.1

2007.1

2008.1

2009.1

Semiconductors

2010.1

2011.1

2012.1

2013.1

Automobiles

2014.1

Steel

Imports in February rose 4.0 percent (preliminary) year-on-year to US$42.06 billion.

A surge in imports of capital goods and consumer goods drove overall imports higher. Commodities imports increased for the third consecutive month despite a fall in crude oil imports (down 10.1%).

Import growth by category (y-o-y, %) 0.3 (commodities), 9.8 (consumer goods), 13.5 (capital goods)

Imports by item Sources: Korea Customs Service, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (export and import trends) 80

(y-o-y, %)

60 40 20 0 -20 -40 -60 2001.1

2002.1

2003.1

Import growth rate

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2004.1

2005.1

2006.1

2007.1

2008.1

Commodities

2009.1

2010.1

2011.1

2012.1

2013.1

2014.1

Capital goods

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(US$ billion)

2012 Annual

Annual

Q1

Q2

2013 Q3

Q4

Feb

Dec

Jan

Feb1

519.58

515.59

129.75

126.85

125.93

133.06

40.46

44.35

44.82

42.06

(y-o-y, %)

-0.9

-0.8

-2.9

-2.7

0.1

2.5

-10.3

3.0

-1.0

4.0

Average daily imports

1.90

1.89

1.94

1.85

1.85

1.92

1.97

1.93

2.04

1.96

Imports

2014

1. Preliminary Source: Korea Customs Service

19 The Green Book

Exports and imports Sources: Korea Customs Service, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (export and import trends) 60

(US$ billion)

50 40 30 20 10 0 -10 2001.1

2002.1

2003.1

2004.1

2005.1

2006.1

2007.1

Trade balance

2008.1

2009.1

2010.1

2011.1

2012.1

2013.1

Exports

2014.1

Imports

The trade balance (preliminary) in February remained in the black for the 25th consecutive month, posting a surplus of US$930 million.

(US$ billion)

Trade balance

2012 Annual

Annual

Q1

28.29

44.05

5.67

Q2

2013 Q3

Q4

Feb

Dec

Jan

2014 Feb1

14.32

10.86

13.30

1.87

3.63

0.76

0.93

1. Preliminary Source: Korea Customs Service

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The Green Book :

Current Economic Trends

6. Mining and manufacturing production Mining and manufacturing production rose 0.1 percent month-on-month in January, as mining and public utilities grew while manufacturing remained unchanged. The index fell 3.8 percent year-on-year.

20 E c o n o m i c B u l le t i n

Compared to the previous month, production of automobiles (up 6.7%), audio-visual communications equipment (up 9.5%) and processed metals (up 2.5%) rose, while semiconductors & parts (down

4.7%) , electrical equipment (down 5.1%) and mechanical equipment (down 2.8%) fell.

Compared to a year ago, production of primary metals (up 0.8%) and chemical products (up 0.5%) increased, while other transportation equipment (down 28.9%) , audio-visual communications equipment (down 18.8%) and automobiles (down 3.3%) declined.

Industrial production Source: Statistics Korea (industrial activity trends) 40

(%)

30 20 10 0 -10 -20 -30 2001.1

2002.1

2003.1

2004.1

2005.1

2006.1

2007.1

Industrial production (m-o-m)

The manufacturing inventory-shipment ratio rose 1.8 percentage points month-on-month as inventories rose 0.5 percent while shipments declined 0.9 percent.

Inventories of primary metals (up 5.0%) , chemical products (up 3.6%) and refined petroleum (up 9.6%) rose month-on-month, while audio-visual communications equipment (down 13.6%) ,

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2008.1

2009.1

2010.1

2011.1

2012.1

2013.1

2014.1

Industrial production (y-o-y)

semiconductors & parts (down 3.9%) and automobiles (down 4.9%) declined.

Shipments of audio-visual communications equipment (up 10.0%) , automobiles (up 5.3%) and nonmetallic minerals (up 9.3%) climbed, while semiconductors & parts (down 4.7%) , primary metals (down 4.2% ) and mechanical equipment (down 5.9%) declined.

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Shipment and inventory Source: Statistics Korea (industrial activity trends) 10

(m-o-m, %)

8 6 4 2 0 -2 -4

21

-6 -8 -10 2002.1

2003.1

2004.1

2005.1

2006.1

2007.1

2008.1

2009.1

2010.1

2011.1

2012.1

2013.1

Shipment growth

2014.1

Inventory growth

The average operation ratio of the manufacturing sector rose 0.9 percentage points month-on-month to 78.2 percent.

The Green Book

2001.1

As the economy continued to gradually recover, mining and manufacturing production in February is expected to be affected by temporary factors, such as consumption tax cuts on automobiles and waning demand after the Winter Olympics.

(Percentage change from previous period)

2012 Annual Annual¹ Q1 Mining production (q-o-q, m-o-m) (y-o-y) Manufacturing production (q-o-q, m-o-m) Mining and (y-o-y) manufacturing Shipment activity² - Domestic demand

Q2

2013¹ Q3 Q4¹

Jan

Nov

2014¹ Dec¹ Jan¹

-

-

-0.5

-0.9

0.1

2.0

-0.2

0.1

2.4

0.1

1.3

0.4

-0.8

0.0

0.2

1.9

8.7

-0.7

2.9

-3.8

-

-

-0.4

-1.0

0.0

2.2

0.1

0.1

2.6

0.0

1.4

0.3

-0.8

0.0

0.1

2.0

9.2

-0.7

3.0

-4.2

1.4

0.4

-0.3

-0.6

-0.1

1.7

-0.5

0.4

1.4

-0.9

-0.7

-1.4

-1.7

-1.1

1.6

1.7

-1.4

-1.1

2.1

-0.7

- Exports

4.2

2.3

1.6

-0.2

-2.0

1.6

0.7

2.1

0.6

-1.1

Inventory³

4.3

6.1

2.3

-1.7

3.3

3.4

0.2

1.1

1.7

0.5

Manufacturing Average operation ratio (%) activity 4 Production capacity

78.5

76.2

77.3

75.9

75.1

76.6

78.8

76.2

77.3

78.2

2.1

1.7

1.8

1.6

1.8

1.7

1.8

1.7

1.9

1.3

1. Preliminary

2. Including mining, manufacturing, electricity and gas industry

3. End-period

4. Percentage change from same period in previous year

Source: Statistics Korea

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Current Economic Trends

Average manufacturing operation ratio Source: Statistics Korea (industrial activity trends) 100 (%)

90

80

70

22

60 50 2001.1

2002.1

2003.1

2004.1

2005.1

2006.1

2007.1

E c o n o m i c B u l le t i n

7. Service sector activity

2008.1

2009.1

2010.1

2011.1

2012.1

2013.1

Wholesale & retail rose 1.6 percent from the previous month, as sales at department stores and large discount stores increased due to the Lunar New Year holiday. Hotels & restaurants grew 4.8 percent month-on-month.

Service output in January increased 0.9 percent month-on-month, as growth in wholesale & retail and hotels & restaurants offset declines in real estate & renting. Compared to the same period of the previous year, service output increased 2.0 percent.

Transportation services (up 1.0%, m-o-m) and financial & insurance services (up 1.5%, m-o-m) continued to grow in January, while the decline in real estate & renting (down 7.0%, m-o-m) accelerated.

Service sector activity Source: Statistics Korea (industrial activity trends) 15

(%)

10 5 0 -5 -10 2001.1

2002.1

2003.1

2004.1

Service sector activity (m-o-m)

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2005.1

2006.1

2007.1

2008.1

2009.1

2010.1

2011.1

2012.1

2013.1

2014.1

Service sector activity (y-o-y)

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In February, real estate & renting may improve, but wholesale & retail and hotels & restaurants may decline due to the absence of the Lunar New Year effects seen in January.

(Percentage change from previous period)

2011 2012 Weight Annual Annual Q4 Annual Q1

Q2

Service activity index

100.0

3.2

1.6

0.1

0.4

- Wholesale & retail

21.6

3.8

0.8

0.3 -0.2 -0.8

1.4

0.2

2013¹ Q3 Q4¹

2014¹ Nov Dec1 Jan1

0.2

0.9 -0.2 -0.3

0.9

0.1 -0.1

0.6 -0.4 -1.5

1.6

0.7

2.7

1.0

2.7 -1.0 -1.2 -3.4

4.8

- Transportation services

8.5

4.5

1.2 -0.1

1.1

0.7

0.1 -1.0

- Hotels & restaurants

7.2

-1.3

-1.2 -2.4

0.4

0.1

0.6

0.6 -1.0

0.4

5.1

3.0 -0.3

1.9

0.9

3.3

0.8 -1.0 -0.4

6.8

2.8

1.0

0.5 -0.1 -1.1 -0.5

0.4

0.1

- Real estate & renting

5.3

-8.8

-4.8

0.7

2.4 -2.2

7.4 -3.6

3.5 -0.5 -0.2 -7.0

- Professional, scientific & technical services

5.6

0.5

3.7 -0.2

3.3

0.2

4.9 -2.9

0.6 -2.1 -2.5

2.2

- Business services

3.3

5.2

3.5

0.2

2.2

1.6 -0.4

1.6

0.4

0.9

0.2

1.2

- Education services

10.9

2.2

0.9

0.8

0.9

0.8 -1.0

1.2

0.8

0.8 -0.5

0.4

- Healthcare & social welfare services

7.5

6.7

6.7

0.7

5.0

0.8

1.1

2.5

1.6

0.0

- Entertainment, cultural & sports services

2.9

2.7

2.8 -3.0 -0.5

1.7

0.6

- Membership organizations

3.6

1.6

-1.4

- Sewerage & waste management

0.6

3.3

-0.6 -4.3 -0.4

- Financial & insurance services

0.0

5.3

0.2

1.5

0.3 -0.1

0.2 -0.3 -0.1

2.9

3.7

3.1 -0.7

3.5

0.2 -1.6

3.4

0.1

0.5

0.9

1.2 -2.5

5.1 -2.8

0.6

The Green Book

8.4 14.7

- Publishing & communications services

23

1. Preliminary Source: Statistics Korea

January 2014 service output by business Source: Statistics Korea (industrial activity trends) 12

(y-o-y, %)

10

Entertainment, cultural & sports services

8 6 4

Total index

Wholesale & retail

Hotels & reataurants Financial & insurance services

2

Professional, scientific & technical services

Education services

Sewerage & waste management

0 -2 -4 -6

Transportation services

Publishing & communications services

Real estate & renting

Business facility management & business support services

Health & social welfare services

Membership organizations, repair & other personal services

-8

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The Green Book :

Current Economic Trends

8. Employment

The number of workers on payroll in January increased by 705,000 from a year earlier to 24,760,000 and the employment rate rose 1.1 percentage points to 58.5 percent.

Number of persons employed and employment growth Source: Statistics Korea (employment trends)

24

1200

(thousand)

(million)

1000

26 26 25

800

25

E c o n o m i c B u l le t i n

600

24 24

400

23

200

23

0

22

-200

22

-400

21

2000.1

2001.1

2002.1

2003.1

2004.1

2005.1

2006.1

2007.1

2008.1

2009.1

Employment growth (y-o-y, left)

2010.1

2011.1

2012.1

2013.1

2014.1

Number of employed (seasonally adjusted, right)

Employment rate Source: Statistics Korea (employment trends) 64

(%)

63 62 61 60 59 58 57 56 55 2001.1

2002.1

Original data

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2003.1

2004.1

2005.1

2006.1

2007.1

2008.1

2009.1

2010.1

2011.1

2012.1

2013.1

2014.1

Seasonally adjusted rate

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By industry, employment expanded in all sectors, including agriculture, forestry & fisheries, services, construction and manufacturing. By status of workers, the increase in regular workers accelerated, while employment growth among nonwage workers such as self-employed workers turned positive.

Employment by industry Source: Statistics Korea (employment trends) 100

25

80 71.0 70.8 70.3 69.7 69.2 69.1 69.3 69.2 69.0 68.7 69.0 70.4 70.9 71.1 70.2 69.4 69.2 69.1 69.4 69.6 69.4 69.1 69.7 70.8 71.1

40 7.2 20

0

7.1

7.2

7.2

7.2

7.2

7.1

7.1

7.3

7.1

7.2

7.2

6.9

6.7

6.9

7.1

7.1

7.1

7.0

7.0

6.9

7.1

7.0

7.0

6.8

16.7 16.9 17.1 17.4 17.3 16.9 16.7 16.4 16.4 16.4 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.7 17.1 17.3 17.0 17.1 16.6 16.3 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.6 4.4

4.7

2012.1 2

5.6

6.5

7.0

7.0

6.8

6.8

6.8

6.9

6.5

4.9

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12 2013.1 2

Services

4.3

Construction

4.6

5.6

6.3

6.7

6.9

6.7

6.8

6.8

6.9

6.2

4.7

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12 2014.1

Manufacturing

The Green Book

60

4.4

Agriculture, forestry & fisheries

Employment by status of workers Source: Statistics Korea (employment trends) 100

80

4.5

4.8

5.1

5.4

5.4

5.3

5.3

5.4

5.3

5.2

4.5

4.2

4.2

4.7

5.0

5.0

5.2

5.1

5.2

5.2

5.3

5.1

4.3

4.2

23.1 23.1 23.4 23.4 23.3 23.2 23.4 23.3 23.2 23.1 22.9 22.7 22.7 22.8 23.0 22.8 22.6 22.5 22.6 22.7 22.5 22.4 22.2 21.9 22.1 6.5

60

4.5

6.5

6.3

6.6

6.8

6.7

6.7

6.4

6.4

6.7

6.8

6.6

6.2

6.0

6.0

6.5

6.7

6.7

6.3

6.1

6.3

6.5

6.4

6.4

6.3

19.2 20.5 20.5 20.6 20.6 20.5 20.3 20.2 19.9 19.8 19.8 19.9 20.0 19.9 19.7 19.5 19.5 19.5 19.5 19.6 19.2 19.4 19.4 19.5 19.5

40

20

0 2012.1 2

3

4

Unpaid family workers

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5

6

7

8

9

10

11

Self-employed workers

12 2013.1 2

3

Daily workers

4

5

6

7

8

Temporary workers

9

10

11

12 2014.1

Regular workers

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The Green Book :

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Current Economic Trends

E c o n o m i c B u l le t i n

2010 2011 2012 2013 Annual Annual Annual Q3 Q4 Annual Q1 Q2 Q3 Number of employed (million) 23.83 24.24 24.68 24.99 24.80 25.07 24.18 25.33 25.41 Employment rate (%) 58.7 59.1 59.4 60.0 59.4 59.5 57.7 60.2 60.3 (Seasonally adjusted) 58.7 59.1 59.4 59.4 59.2 59.5 59.2 59.4 59.7 Employment growth (y-o-y, thousand) 323 415 437 506 342 386 257 324 421 (Excluding agriculture, forestry & fisheries) 405 440 451 504 344 394 266 351 402 - Manufacturing 191 63 14 85 140 79 119 122 26 - Construction 33 -2 22 17 -40 -19 -64 -6 4 - Services 200 386 416 397 236 318 199 212 354 - Agriculture, forestry & fisheries -82 -25 -14 2 -2 -8 -9 -27 19 - Wage workers 517 427 315 317 303 483 329 472 526 · Regular workers 697 575 436 485 469 615 554 638 632 · Temporary workers -34 -78 -2 -79 -109 -96 -152 -169 -65 · Daily workers -146 -70 -120 -89 -57 -37 -73 3 -42 - Non-wage workers -194 -11 121 189 39 -97 -71 -148 -105 · Self-employed workers -118 1 124 143 33 -67 -28 -104 -83 - Male 181 238 234 284 172 186 123 179 179 - Female 142 177 203 223 170 200 135 145 242 - 15 to 29 -43 -35 -36 -57 -80 -50 -117 -88 -41 - 30 to 39 -4 -47 -31 33 -10 -21 -15 8 -34 - 40 to 49 29 57 11 12 -3 22 12 -6 30 - 50 to 59 294 291 270 273 220 254 196 254 279 - 60 or more 47 149 222 245 215 181 181 156 187

Q4 25.35 60.0 59.9 541 556 49 -9 507 -15 604 637 2 -35 -63 -54 262 279 46 -42 53 285 200

Jan 24.05 57.4 59.2 322 337 156 -48 220 -15 397 523 -77 -49 -75 -21 173 149 -82 -26 48 200 182

Dec 24.96 59.1 59.9 560 587 82 5 495 -27 651 656 -4 -1 -91 -58 309 251 53 -13 58 289 173

2014 Jan 24.76 58.5 60.4 705 658 90 18 546 47 675 660 -35 50 30 8 381 324 74 11 90 320 210

Source: Statistics Korea

The number of unemployed persons in January increased by 44,000 year-on-year to 891,000, and the unemployment rate rose 0.1 percentage point year-on-year to 3.5 percent. The unemployment rate in the 30s and the 50s declined, but rose in the youth and over-60 age group.

Unemployment rate Source: Statistics Korea (employment trends) 6

(%)

5

4

3

2 2001.1

2002.1

Original data

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2003.1

2004.1

2005.1

2006.1

2007.1

2008.1

2009.1

2010.1

2011.1

2012.1

2013.1

2014.1

Seasonally adjusted rate

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2010 2011 2012 Annual Annual Annual Q3 Q4 Annual Q1 Number of unemployed (thousand)

Q2

2013 Q3

Q4

2014 Jan Dec Jan

855

820 770 722

807 907 812 777 733 847 774 891

Unemployment growth (y-o-y, thousand)

31

-65

-35 -16 -18

-13

-40

-29

7

11

-6

37

44

- Male

-7

-48

-26 -16 -13

-6

-7

-20

11

-7

8

-15

3

- Female

38

-17

-6

-7

-33

-9

-4

18

-13

52

41

Unemployment rate (%)

3.7

3.4

3.2 3.0 2.8

3.1

3.6

3.1

3.0

2.8

3.4

3.0

3.5

(Seasonally adjusted)

3.7

3.4

3.2 3.1 3.0

3.1

3.3

3.1

3.1

3.0

3.1

3.1

3.2

- 15 to 29

8.0

7.6

7.5 6.8 7.0

8.0

8.4

7.9

7.9

7.9

7.5

8.5

8.7

- 30 to 39

3.5

3.4

3.0 2.8 2.7

3.0

3.3

3.0

2.9

2.6

3.3

2.7

2.6

- 40 to 49

2.5

2.1

2.0 2.0 1.8

2.0

2.1

2.1

1.9

1.7

2.0

1.8

2.0

- 50 to 59

2.5

2.1

2.1 2.2 1.8

1.9

2.3

1.8

1.8

1.5

2.2

1.5

2.0

- 60 or more

2.8

2.6

2.4 1.9 1.6

1.8

3.4

1.6

1.2

1.4

3.3

1.7

4.0

-9

0

Source: Statistics Korea

The economically inactive population in January was down 322,000 from a year earlier to 16,650,000, while the labor force participation rate rose 1.1 percentage point to 60.6 percent.

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920

The number of those economically inactive due to old age (up 73,000, y-o-y) increased, while those due to housework (down 206,000, y-o-y) , rest (down 154,000, y-o-y) , education (down 72,000, y-o-y) and childcare (down 18,000, y-o-y) decreased.

Labor force participation rate Source: Statistics Korea (employment trends) 65 64

(%)

63 62 61 60 59 58 57 2001.1

2002.1

Original data

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2003.1

2004.1

2005.1

2006.1

2007.1

2008.1

2009.1

2010.1

2011.1

2012.1

2013.1

Seasonally adjusted rate

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Current Economic Trends

2010 2011 2012 Annual Annual Annual Q3

Q4 Annual Q1

2013 Q3

Q2

Q4

2014 Jan Dec Jan

Economically inactive population (million) 15.84 15.95 16.08 15.90 16.26 16.22 16.83 15.91 15.98 16.17 16.98 16.54 16.65

28 E c o n o m i c B u l le t i n

Labor force participation rate (%)

61.0

61.1

61.3 61.8 61.1

61.5 59.9 62.2 62.1 61.7 59.5 60.9 60.6

(seasonally adjusted) Growth in economically inactive population (y-o-y, thousand)

61.0

61.1

61.3 61.4 61.1

61.5 61.2 61.3 61.6 61.7 61.1 61.8 62.3

143

112

128

57

244

141 336 242

- Childcare

-125

-5

-2

-7

-3

- Housework

201

101

123

101

126

- Education

12

-51

-12

5

39

- Old age

80

-45

148

156

-56

182

- Rest

1

0

10

-3 143

36

78 9

-91 239 -172 -322 -14

-9

-40

-18

-80 -112 134 -126 -206

77 118 147

88

-44 103

-51

-72

186

54 154

7

32

21 175

43

73

-53 -142 -125

-7 -106

44

12

21 -184

-32 -154

Source: Statistics Korea

9. Financial markets 9.1 Stock market The Korean stock price index in February rose 2.0 percent to 1,980 points from 1,941 points in the previous month. The KOSPI, which had been falling due to emerging market jitters and sluggish economic data in the US and China, rebounded after hopes for a eurozone recovery arose and Fed chair Janet Yellen signaled that interest rates would remain low.

Stock prices 2,200 2,000

(monthly average)

1,800 1,600 1,400 1,200 1,000 800 600 400 200 2001.1

2002.1

KOSPI

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2003.1

2004.1

2005.1

2006.1

2007.1

2008.1

2009.1

2010.1

2011.1

2012.1

2013.1

2014.1

KOSDAQ

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(End-period)

Jan 2014

KOSPI Feb 2014

Change1

Jan 2014

KOSDAQ Feb 2014

Change1

Stock price index (points)

1,941.2

1,980.0

38.8 (2.0%)

515.2

529.0

13.8 (2.7%)

Market capitalization (trillion won)

1,145.5

1,173.5

28.0 (2.4%)

123.4

128.4

5.0 (4.1%)

3.9

3.7

-0.2 (-5.1%)

1.7

1.7

-

34.9

35.1

0.2 (0.6%)

10.5

10.5

-

Average daily trade value (trillion won) Foreign stock ownership (%) 1. Change from the end of the previous month Source: Korea Exchange

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9.2 Exchange rate

The 100 yen-won exchange rate rose up to 1,073.9 won, as the yen made gains due to financial instabilities in emerging markets, but later declined to 1,049.5 won as those instabilities eased.

The Green Book

TThe dollar-won exchange rate in February fell 2.9 won to 1,067.5 won from 1,070.4 won at the end of January.

Despite foreign investors’ net selling of stocks and the Fed’s decision to cut back its bond-buying program, the dollar-won exchange rate inched down as risk aversion in global financial markets subsided after financial unrest in emerging countries showed signs of easing.

Foreign exchange rates 1,600

(month-end, \)

1,400 1,200 1,000 800 600 2001.1

2002.1

2003.1

2004.1

2005.1

2006.1

2007.1

2008.1

2009.1

2010.1

2011.1

2012.1

2013.1

Dollar-Won

2014.1

100 Yen-Won

(End-period)

2008 Dec

2009 Dec

2010 Dec

2011 Dec

2012 Dec

2013 Dec

2014 Feb Change¹

Dollar-Won

1,259.5

1,164.5

1,134.8

1,151.8

1,070.6

1,055.4

1,067.5

-1.1

100 Yen-Won

1,396.8

1,264.5

1,393.6

1,481.2

1,238.3

1,002.3

1,049.5

-4.5

1. Appreciation from the end of the previous year (%); the exchange rate is based on the closing price at 3:00 p.m., local time.

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The Green Book :

Current Economic Trends

9.3 Bond market 3-year Treasury bond yields fell 3 basis points to 2.85 percent in February from 2.88 percent in January.

Treasury bond yields declined due to poor economic data in the US and China, as well as risk aversion arising from the Ukraine crisis.

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(End-period, %)

E c o n o m i c B u l le t i n

2009 Dec

2010 Dec

2011 Dec

2012 Dec

Mar

2013 Jun Sep

Dec

Jan

2014 Feb Change1

Call rate (1 day)

2.01

2.51

3.29

2.77

2.75

2.50

2.50

2.52

2.51

2.49

-2

CD (91 days)

2.88

2.80

3.55

2.89

2.81

2.69

2.66

2.66

2.65

2.65

-

Treasury bonds (3 yrs)

4.44

3.38

3.34

2.82

2.52

2.88

2.82

2.86

2.88

2.85

-3

Corporate bonds (3 yrs)

5.56

4.27

4.21

3.29

2.88

3.31

3.24

3.29

3.30

3.28

-2

Treasury bonds (5 yrs)

4.98

4.08

3.46

2.97

2.58

3.14

3.05

3.23

3.22

3.13

-9

2009.1

2010.1

2011.1

2012.1

2013.1

2014.1

1. Basis point, changes from the previous month

Interest rates Source: The Bank of Korea 10 9

(monthly average, yearly, %)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 2001.1

2002.1

2003.1

Overnight call rate (daily)

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2004.1

2005.1

2006.1

2007.1

2008.1

3-yr Treasury bond yield

3-yr corporate bond yield

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9.4 Money supply & money market M2 (monthly average) in December 2013 expanded 5.3 percent from a year earlier. Despite the outflow of foreigners’ stock investment funds, M2 continued to expand, led by increasing corporate loans.

(Percentage change from same period in previous year, average)

2009 2010 2011 2012 Annual Annual Annual Annual Annual

Q1

Q2

2013 Q3 Oct

Nov

Dec

31

Dec1

16.3

11.8

6.6

3.8

9.5

7.1

9.1

10.6

10.7

12.1

11.3

509.6

M2

10.3

8.7

4.2

5.2

4.8

5.1

4.9

4.4

4.7

5.1

5.3

1,932.0

Lf ³

7.9

8.2

5.3

7.8

6.9

7.5

6.8

6.5

6.7

6.8

6.7

2,619.8

1. Balance at end December 2013, trillion won 2. M1 excluding corporate MMFs and individual MMFs while including CMAs 3. Liquidity aggregates of financial institutions (mostly identical with M3)

The Green Book

M1²

Total money supply Source: The Bank of Korea 40

(y-o-y, monthly average balance, %)

30 20 10 0 -10 -20 2001.1

2002.1

Reserve money

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2003.1

2004.1

2005.1

2006.1

2007.1

M1

2008.1

2009.1

2010.1

2011.1

2012.1

2013.1

Lf

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The Green Book :

Current Economic Trends

Bank deposits inched up in January. Instant access deposits declined (8 trillion won > -2.7 trillion won) due to value-added tax (VAT) payments, but time deposits surged (-7.9 trillion won > 3.7 trillion won) as banks moved to attract more deposits to raise their loan-deposit ratios.

Asset management company (AMC) deposits increased, led by money market funds (MMF) (-7.0 trillion won > 6.0 trillion won), due to inflows of corporate funds.

(Monthly change, end-period, trillion won)

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2009 2010 2011 2012 Annual Annual Annual Annual Jan

Annual

Jan

2013 Nov

Dec

Jan

2014 Jan1

E c o n o m i c B u l le t i n

Bank deposits

54.8

36.9

58.9

37.0

-10.0

41.0

-2.4

7.8

-2.2

1.3

1,178.0

AMC deposits

-27.6

-16.7

-16.6

18.8

5.7

17.7

15.4

-1.4

-3.8

8.5

343.4

2008.1

2009.1

2011.1

2012.1

2013.1

2014.1

1. Balance at end January 2014, trillion won

Deposits in financial institutions Source: The Bank of Korea 30

(y-o-y, end of month balance, trillion won)

20

10

0

-10 -20 2001.1

2002.1

2003.1

2004.1

2005.1

10. Balance of payments

2006.1

2007.1

2010.1

Korea’s current account (preliminary) in January posted a surplus of US$3.61 billion, staying in the black for 24 consecutive months.

The goods account surplus contracted from US$5.69 billion in December 2013 to US$3.32 billion in January, as goods exports decreased compared to the previous month due to the Lunar New Year holiday.

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The services account swung from a surplus of US$0.44 billion to a deficit of US$0.59 billion, led by declines in the transportation and construction account surplus, as well as an expanding travel account deficit.

Goods exports (US$ billion) 49.30 (Dec 2013) > 47.20 (Jan 2014) Goods imports (US$ billion) 43.60 (Dec 2013) > 43.90 (Jan 2014)

Compared to the same period of the previous year, the goods account surplus expanded by US$0.70 billion despite a fall in exports (down 0.2%) , as imports declined by a larger margin (down 1.0%).

Services account (US$ billion, December 2013 > January 2014) -0.67 > -0.85 (travel), 0.59 > 0.22 (transportation), 1.72 > 1.19 (construction), -1.15 > -0.82 (business services), -0.16 > -0.34 (intellectual property rights)

33

Export growth by item (y-o-y, %) -3.1 (automobiles), -5.8 (vessels) Export growth by region (y-o-y, %) 24.8 (EU), 9.8 (ASEAN countries), 0.7 (China), -2.0 (US), -19.8 (Japan)

The primary income account surplus expanded from US$0.42 billion to US$0.69 billion due to a rise in interest income, while the secondary income account swung from a deficit of US$0.14 billion to a surplus of US$0.18 billion.

Current account balance

The Green Book

14.8 (semiconductors), 10.4 (mobile phones), 4.5 (steel),

Source: The Bank of Korea (balance of payments trends) 10 8

(US$ billion)

6 4 2 0 -2 -4 2001.1

2002.1

2003.1

2004.1

2005.1

2006.1

2007.1

2008.1

2009.1

2010.1

2011.1

2012.1

Services account

Goods account

2013.1

2014.1

Current account

(US$ billion)

Current account - Goods balance - Service balance - Primary income balance - Secondary income balance

2012 Annual 48.08 39.82 5.73 5.72 -3.19

2013 Annual Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 70.73 10.02 19.80 19.01 21.97 60.71 9.39 15.84 16.66 18.91 6.00 -0.48 3.76 1.33 1.39 4.80 1.38 0.06 1.57 1.79 -0.79 -0.26 0.14 -0.54 -0.12

Oct 9.51 7.03 1.65 0.79 0.05

Jan 2.33 2.62 -0.93 0.97 -0.33

Nov 6.03 6.18 -0.70 0.59 -0.03

Dec 6.41 5.69 0.44 0.42 -0.14

2014 Jan1 3.61 3.32 -0.59 0.69 0.18

1. Preliminary Source: The Bank of Korea

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The Green Book :

Current Economic Trends

The capital and financial account (preliminary) in January posted a net outflow of US$2.18 billion.

Capital & financial account balance (US$ billion) -7.62 (Aug 2013) > -4.61 (Sep) > -10.13 (Oct) > -6.46 (Nov) > -6.60 (Dec) > -2.18 (Jan 2014)

34

Direct investments switched to a net inflow of $1.13 billion from a net outflow of US$1.51 billion due to an increase in foreign direct investment.

Net outflows of portfolio investments contracted from US$5.16 billion to US$4.27 billion as foreign

investors’ securities investment switched to a net inflow. Net inflows of financial derivatives investments contracted from US$0.60 billion to US$0.16 billion, while net outflows of other investments expanded from US$0.17 billion to US$3.70 billion due to increased borrowing by financial firms.

The current account in February is expected to maintain a surplus, helped by the surplus in the goods account, which resulted from a trade surplus (US$0.93 billion) .

E c o n o m i c B u l le t i n

Capital & financial account balance Source: The Bank of Korea (balance of payments trends) (US$ billion) 10 5 0 -5 -10

2001.1

2002.1

2003.1

Direct investment

2004.1

2005.1

2006.1

Portfolio investment

11. Prices and international commodity prices

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2007.1

2008.1

2009.1

2010.1

Financial derivatives

2011.1

2012.1

2013.1

2014.1

Capital & financial account

11.1 Prices Consumer prices in February rose 0.3 percent from the previous month and 1.0 percent compared to a year ago. The month-on-month growth rate declined from 0.5 percent in the previous month, while yearon-year growth stayed stable at a low-1.0 percent.

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Consumer price inflation

(%)

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

2013 Jul

Aug

Sep

Month-on-Month

0.3

-0.1

-0.1

0.0

-0.1

0.2

0.4

0.2

Year-on-Year

1.6

1.5

1.3

1.1

1.2

1.6

1.5

1.0

Oct

2014 Jan Feb

Nov

Dec

-0.3

0.0

0.1

0.5

0.3

0.9

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.0

Source: Statistics Korea

Consumer price inflation Source: Statistics Korea (consumer price trends)

35

7 6

(%)

The Green Book

5 4 3 2 1 0 -1 2001.1

2002.1

2003.1

2004.1

2005.1

2006.1

2007.1

2008.1

2009.1

2010.1

Consumer price inflation (m-o-m)

Consumer prices rose month-on-month, led by agricultural, livestock & fishery products (up 1.1%), processed food (up 0.9%) and personal services (up 0.2%).

Agricultural, livestock & fishery product prices rose 1.1 percent month-on-month, led by greenhouse crops, which were relied on more heavily in winter.

Agricultural and fishery product prices increased 2.0 percent and 1.0 percent, respectively, while livestock product prices were down 0.4 percent.

2011.1

2012.1

2013.1

2014.1

Consumer price inflation (y-o-y)

Manufactured product prices were up 0.3 percent from the previous month. The prices of oil products inched down 0.3 percent, while the prices of processed food rose 0.9 percent.

The prices of personal services increased 0.2 percent, as rising apartment complex maintenance fees offset declines in expenses related to travel services.

Price increases by item (m-o-m, %)

Price increases by item (m-o-m, %)

apartment complex maintenance fees (2.6), pizza (3.5),

green chili (34.2), bell peppers (31.9), fresh flowers (23.9),

beauty care service (0.8), group tour expenses (-7.6),

cucumbers (10.1)

international air fares (-4.2)

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The Green Book :

Current Economic Trends

Contribution to consumer price inflation Source: Statistics Korea (consumer price trends) 5

(%p)

4 3 2 1

36

0 2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2012

2012

2013

E c o n o m i c B u l le t i n

Agricultural, livestock & fishery products

Manufactured products

Housing rents

Public services

Personal services

Public utilities

Consumer prices for basic necessities rose 0.4 percent year-on-year and 0.3 percent month-on-month, remaining stable at the under-1.0 percent range.

Price increases for basic necessities (y-o-y, %)

Core consumer prices, which exclude oil and agricultural products and show long-term price trends, stayed stable in the 1.0 percent range yearon-year, rising 1.7 percent. The index rose 0.2 percent from the previous month.

1.1 (Jul 2013) > 1.1 (Aug) > 0.2 (Sep) > 0.0 (Oct) > 0.5 (Nov) > 0.5 (Dec) > 0.6 (Jan 2014) > 0.4 (Feb)

Fresh food prices declined 12.4 percent year-onyear, led by fresh vegetables (down 25.7%) .

Compared to the previous month, fresh food prices rose 2.2 percent.

The average expected annual inflation inched down 0.1 percent month-on-month to 2.8 percent, and import prices fell 3.0 percent year-on-year.

Expected inflation (%, over the next 12 months) 2.8 (Jun 2013) > 2.9 (Jul) > 3.0 (Aug) > 2.9 (Sep) > 2.9 (Oct) > 2.9 (Nov) > 2.9 (Dec) > 2.9 (Jan 2014) > 2.8 (Feb)

Fresh food price increases (y-o-y, %)

3.9 (Aug 2013) > -7.9 (Sep) > -11.7 (Oct) > -9.1 (Nov) > -11.1 (Dec) > -12.9 (Jan 2014) > -12.4 (Feb)

Core inflation and prices for basic necessities

Import price increases (y-o-y, %, won base) -4.3 (Jun 2013) > -4.3 (Jul) > -5.3 (Aug) > -8.1 (Sep) > -7.3 (Oct) > -4.9 (Nov) > -3.5 (Dec) > -3.0 (Jan 2014)

(Percentage change from same period in previous year)

2013 2014 Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Consumer prices excluding oil and agricultural products 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.5 1.7 1.8 2.0 1.9 1.7 Consumer prices excluding food and energy 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.5 Consumer prices for basic necessities 1.2 1.0 0.9 0.5 0.5 1.1 1.1 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.6

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1.7 1.0 0.4

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11.2 International oil and commodity prices Dubai crude prices increased in February, reflecting upward adjustments for world oil demand by major institutions including the International Energy Agency (IEA), as well as political unrest in OPEC member nations such as Venezuela and Libya.

WTI crude prices rose by a wider margin than other oil benchmarks, as demand for heating oil spiked due to the cold spell and heavy snow in the US. WTI prices were also affected by declining crude oil inventories in Cushing, Oklahoma.

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WTI-Dubai crude spreads ($/barrel)

(US$/barrel, period average)

2011 Annual

2012 Annual Annual

Dubai crude

105.9

109.0

Brent crude

111.0 95.1

WTI crude

Jul

Aug

2013 Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

2014 Feb

105.3

103.5

107.1

107.9

105.6

105.5

107.5

104.0

105.0

111.7

108.7

107.7

110.8

111.6

109.3

108.0

110.7

107.7

108.9

93.8

98.0

104.7

106.7

106.2

100.5

94.0

97.9

94.9

100.7

2012.1

2013.1

2014.1

The Green Book

-11.5 (Nov 2013) > -9.6 (Dec) > -9.1 (Jan 2014) > -4.3 (Feb)

Source: Korea PDS

International oil prices Source: Korea National Oil Corporation 160

($/B)

140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 2001.1

2002.1

Dubai crude

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2003.1

2004.1

2005.1

2006.1

2007.1

2008.1

2009.1

2010.1

2011.1

WTI

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Current Economic Trends

Domestic oil product prices stabilized in February, reflecting the previous month’s declines in international oil prices.

(Won/liter, period average)

2011 Annual

2012 Annual

Annual

Gasoline prices

1,929.3

1,985.8

1,925.5 1,933.1 1,947.7 1,934.6 1,907.3 1,880.0 1,881.1 1,886.4 1,880.7

Diesel prices

1,745.7

1,806.3

1,729.6 1,729.7 1,743.6 1,734.3 1,711.8 1,692.9 1,699.1 1,705.1 1,698.5

Jul

Aug

2013 Sep

2014 Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Source: Korea National Oil Corporation

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Dubai crude prices and import prices Source: Korea National Oil Corporation 160

($/B)

(thousand won/B)

160

140

140

120

120

100

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20

2004.1

2005.1

2006.1

2007.1

2008.1

2009.1

2010.1

2011.1

Dubai crude (import prices, won, left)

2012.1

2013.1

2014.1

Dubai international prices (dollar, right)

International grain prices rose in February due to unfavorable weather in South American grainproducing areas such as Argentina and Brazil, and also due to concerns that the cold spell in the US would hamper winter wheat production.

Nonferrous metal prices mostly fell in February as China’s PMI fell to its lowest level in seven months, but tin and nickel prices inched up due to Indonesia’s ban on mineral ore exports, which took effect on January 12.

International grain prices in February (m-o-m, %)

Nonferrous metal prices in February (m-o-m, %)

corn (4.7), soybean (4.6), wheat (3.8)

tin (3.3), lead (-1.8), nickel (0.8), copper (-2.0), zinc (-0.1), aluminum (-1.9)

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Reuters index*

(Period average)

2010 2011 2012 Annual Annual Annual Annual 2,553

3,062

3,006

2,774

May

Jun

Jul

2013 Aug

2,828

2,756

2,701

2,662

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

2014 Jan Feb

2,630

2,655

2,623

2,642

2,574

2,586

* A weighted average index of 17 major commodities Source: KOREA PDS

International commodity prices Sources: Bloomberg (CRB), The Bank of Korea (Reuters Index) * CRB demonstrates a futures price index of 21 commodities listed on the US Commodity Transaction Market, including beans and other crops, crude oil and jewelry.

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4000

470

390

3000

350 310

2000

270 230

1000

The Green Book

430

190 150

0

1998.1 1999.1 2000.1 2001.1 2002.1 2003.1 2004.1 2005.1 2006.1 2007.1 2008.1 2009.1 2010.1 2011.1 2012.1 2013.1 2014.1

CRB (left)

Reuters index (right)

12. Real estate market 12.1 Housing market Nationwide apartment sales prices rose 0.2 percent month-on-month in February.

Apartment sales prices continued to rise in the Seoul metropolitan area (up 0.2%) , including Seoul (up 0.2%) and Gyeonggi Province (up 0.3%).

Apartment sales prices in areas excluding the Seoul metropolitan area (up 0.2%) grew at a slower pace compared to the previous month. Apartment prices in the five metropolitan cities rose 0.2 percent while prices in the eight provinces were up 0.1 percent.

Apartment sales price increase in five metropolitan cities (m-o-m, %) Busan (0.1), Daegu (0.7), Daejeon (0.0), Ulsan (0.2), Gwangju (0.2)

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Current Economic Trends

Nationwide apartment sales prices

(Percentage change from previous period)

2010 2011 2012 Annual Annual Annual Annual Nationwide

40

Jul

Aug

2013 Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Annual

2014 Jan

Feb

1.9

6.9

0.0

0.3

-0.1

-0.1

0.0

0.3

0.2

0.2

0.4

0.2

0.2

Seoul metropolitan area

-1.7

0.5

-3.0

-1.1

-0.3

-0.3

0.0

0.3

0.1

0.1

0.4

0.2

0.2

Seoul

-1.2

0.3

-2.9

-1.4

-0.4

-0.4

0.0

0.3

0.1

0.0

0.5

0.2

0.2

Gangnam²

-1.0

0.3

-3.5

-1.1

-0.5

-0.4

0.2

0.4

0.1

-0.1

0.5

0.2

0.2

Gangbuk³

-1.4

0.3

-2.3

-1.7

-0.3

-0.5

-0.2

0.3

0.1

0.1

0.4

0.2

0.2

6.4

15.1

3.1

1.7

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.3

0.2

Areas excluding the Seoul metropolitan area

1. Weekly trends 2. Upscale area of Southern Seoul 3. Northern Seoul Source: Korea Appraisal Board

E c o n o m i c B u l le t i n

Apartment sales prices by region Source: Korea Appraisal Board 4.0

(m-o-m, %)

3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 -1.0 2009.1

Nationwide

7

2010.1

7

2011.1

7

2012.1

7

Seoul metropolitan area

2013.1

7

2014.1

Areas excluding Seoul metropolitan area

Nationwide apartment rental prices in February grew at a slower pace than the previous month, rising 0.5 percent month-on-month.

Rental price growth continued at around the same pace in the Seoul metropolitan area (up 0.8%) , but decelerated in regions excluding the Seoul metropolitan area (up 0.2%).

Apartment rental price increase in major districts in Seoul (m-o-m, %) Gangnam (0.6), Seocho (0.4), Songpa (0.3), Gangseo (1.0), Yangcheon (1.1), Guro (1.5)

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Nationwide apartment rental prices

(Percentage change from previous period)

2010 2011 2012 Annual Annual Annual Annual

Jul

Aug

2013 Sep

Oct

Nov

2013 Jan

Dec Annual

Feb

Nationwide

7.1

12.3

3.5

4.7

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.7

0.5

0.4

1.1

0.6

0.5

Seoul metropolitan area

6.3

11.0

2.1

6.2

0.4

0.7

0.8

1.0

0.7

0.6

1.6

0.8

0.8

Seoul

6.4

10.8

2.1

6.6

0.5

0.8

0.9

1.0

0.7

0.5

1.5

0.8

0.6

Gangnam²

7.6

11.1

2.4

6.7

0.6

0.9

1.0

1.2

0.6

0.5

1.6

0.9

0.7

Gangbuk³

5.1

10.6

1.8

6.4

0.4

0.7

0.8

0.9

0.8

0.5

1.3

0.7

0.6

Areas excluding the Seoul metropolitan area

9.2

14.5

4.6

3.3

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.4

0.3

0.3

0.6

0.4

0.2

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1. Weekly trends 2. Upscale area of Southern Seoul 3. Northern Seoul Source: Korea Appraisal Board

The Green Book

Apartment rental prices by region Source: Korea Appraisal Board (m-o-m, %) 4.0

2.0

0.0

-2.0 2009.1

7

2010.1

7

Nationwide

2001.1

7

2012.1

Seoul metropolitan area

7

2013.1

7

2014.1

Areas excluding Seoul metropolitan area

Apartment sales transactions in January decreased 36.9 percent from the previous month’s 93,188 to 58,846, but were up 117.4 percent from a year earlier (27,070).

Apartment sales transactions

(Monthly average, thousand)

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Annual Annual Annual Annual Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nationwide

73

67

82

61

27

47

67

80

90 130

40

47

57

90

2014 Nov Dec Jan 85

93

59

Source: Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs

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Current Economic Trends

Monthly apartment transaction volume Source: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport 140

(thousand)

120 100 80 60 40 20

42

0

2009.1

7

2010.1

7

Nationwide

2011.1

7

2012.1

7

Seoul metropolitan area

2013.1

7

2014.1

Areas excluding Seoul metropolitan area

E c o n o m i c B u l le t i n

12.2 Land market Nationwide land prices in January rose 0.11 percent month-on-month.

Land prices continued to rise in the Seoul metropolitan area (up 0.11%) , including Seoul (up 0.19%) and Gyeonggi Province (up 0.04%).

Land price growth decelerated in areas excluding the Seoul metropolitan area (up 0.10%) , led by Daegu (up 0.17%) , Sejong (up 0.42%) and Jeju (up 0.23%) .

Land price increases in areas excluding Seoul metropolitan area (m-o-m, %)

Land price increases in Seoul metropolitan area (m-o-m, %)

0.13 (Jun 2013) > 0.05 (Jul) > 0.04 (Aug) > 0.06 (Sep)

0.09 (Jun 2013) > 0.00 (Jul) > -0.02 (Aug) > 0.09 (Sep) > 0.15 (Oct) > 0.16 (Nov) > 0.15 (Dec) > 0.11 (Jan 2014)

> 0.15 (Oct) > 0.15 (Nov) > 0.16 (Dec) > 0.10 (Jan 2014)

Land prices by region

(Percentage change from previous period)

2008 2009 2010 2011 Annual Annual Annual Annual Q3

2012 Q4 Annual Q3

Q4 Annual Q1

Q2

2013 Q3

Q4

Nov Dec

2014 Jan

Nationwide

-0.31

0.96

1.05

1.17 0.29 0.29

0.87 0.12 0.21 1.14

0.21 0.37 0.10 0.46 0.16 0.15 0.11

Seoul

-1.00

1.40

0.53

0.97 0.17 0.12

0.33 -0.14 0.09 1.21

0.10 0.41 0.08 0.61 0.21 0.19 0.19

Gyeonggi

-0.26

1.22

1.49

1.47 0.43 0.39

0.97 0.17 1.32 0.91

0.17 0.33 0.07 0.34 0.12 0.12 0.04

Incheon

1.37

1.99

1.43

0.66 0.15 0.15

0.36 -0.03 0.13 0.87

0.21 0.37 0.07 0.23 0.10 0.03 0.05

Source: Korea Appraisal Board

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Land prices by region Source: Korea Appraisal Board 15 12 9 6 3 0 -3 -6 -9

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-12 -15 -18

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Metropolitan city

City

County

There were 183,000 land lot transactions in January, down 22.6 percent from the previous month but up 29.6 percent from 141,000 a year earlier.

The Green Book

National average

Land transactions decreased in Seoul (down 21.0%, m-o-m), Gyeonggi Province (down 26.2%, m-o-m), Busan (down 30.7%, m-o-m), Daejeon (down 29.8%, m-o-m) and South Chungcheong Province (down 33.9%, m-o-m).

Vacant land transactions, which accounted for 39.8 percent of the total transactions, fell 17.4 percent monthon-month to 73,000 and 3.3 percent year-on-year from 75,000.

Land transaction volume Source: Korea Appraisal Board 500,000

(thousand m²)

400,000

300,000

200,000

100,000 0 2003.1

2004.1

2005.1

Seoul metropolitan area

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2006.1

2007.1

2008.1

2009.1

2010.1

2011.1

2012.1

2013.1

2014.1

Areas excluding Seoul metropolitan area

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Current Economic Trends

Land sales transactions

(Land lot, thousand)

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Annual¹ Annual¹ Annual¹ Annual¹ Annual¹ Annual¹ Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Nationwide 208 203 187 208 170 187 142 181 206 216 246 169 153 144 208 201 236 183 Seoul 26 22 16 18 13 17 10 15 18 20 26 13 13 14 20 19 22 17 Gyeonggi 45 46 41 43 33 37 28 33 39 43 49 33 29 30 44 41 50 37 Incheon 13 10 8 10 8 8 5 8 9 9 11 6 6 7 10 9 9 7 1. Monthly average Source: Korea Land & Housing Corporation

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13. Composite indices of business cycle indicators Industrial output in January rose 1.4 percent monthon-month and 1.2 percent year-on-year. Output rose in most sectors, including mining & manufacturing

(up 0.1%, m-o-m), services(up 0.9%, m-o-m), construction (up 9.7%, m-o-m) and public administration (up 4.2%, m-o-m).

Industrial output Source: Statistics Korea (industrial activity trends) 15

(%)

10 5 0 -5 -10 2001.1

2002.1

2003.1

2004.1

2005.1

2006.1

2007.1

2008.1

Industrial output (m-o-m)

The cyclical indicator of the coincident composite index rose 0.3 points from the previous month. All components of the coincident composite index rose, including the value of construction completed, service activity and imports.

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2009.1

2010.1

2011.1

2012.1

2013.1

Industrial output (y-o-y)

Components of the coincident composite index in January (m-o-m) retail sales (0.6%), mining & manufacturing production (0.9%), domestic shipments (0.2%), nonfarm payroll employment (0.4%), service activity (0.3%), value of construction completed (1.8%), imports (1.0%)

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Cyclical indicator of coincident composite index Source: Statistics Korea (industrial activity trends) 110

(points)

100

90 2001.1

2002.1

2003.1

2004.1

2005.1

2006.1

2007.1

2009.1

2010.1

2011.1

2012.1

2013.1

2014.1

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Components of the leading composite index in January (m-o-m) indicator of inventory cycle (0.8%p), consumer expectations index (1.0p), international commodity prices (0.8%), ratio of export to import prices (-0.2%), ratio of job openings to job seekers (-0.3%p), value of construction orders received (-1.1%), spreads between long & short term interest rates (0.0%p), domestic shipments of machinery (-0.7%), KOSPI (-1.4%)

The Green Book

The cyclical indicator of the leading composite index was unchanged in January. Three components of the leading composite index, such as the indicator of inventory cycle, consumer expectations index and international commodity prices, rose compared to the previous month, but five other components, including the KOSPI and domestic shipments of machinery, declined.

2008.1

Cyclical indicator of leading composite index Source: Statistics Korea (industrial activity trends) 110

(points)

100

90 2001.1

2002.1

2003.1

2004.1

2005.1

Industrial output (m-o-m, %) (y-o-y, %) Coincident composite index (m-o-m, %) Cyclical indicator of coincident composite index (m-o-m, p) Leading composite index (m-o-m, %) Cyclical indicator of leading composite index (m-o-m, p)

2006.1

2007.1

Jun 0.0 0.7 0.6 100.1 0.3 1.0 100.3 0.6

2008.1

Jul 0.0 1.6 0.4 100.1 0.0 0.6 100.5 0.2

2009.1

Aug 0.8 3.0 0.5 100.3 0.2 0.5 100.7 0.2

2010.1

2013 Sep -0.8 -1.0 0.2 100.1 -0.2 0.2 100.4 -0.3

2011.1

Oct 1.4 4.2 0.5 100.2 0.1 0.6 100.8 0.4

2012.1

Nov -0.3 1.4 0.3 100.2 0.0 0.8 101.1 0.3

2013.1

Dec1 0.4 2.1 0.5 100.4 0.2 0.7 101.5 0.4

2014.1

2014 Jan1 1.4 1.2 0.8 100.7 0.3 0.4 101.5 0.0

1. Preliminary

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PO LIC Y ISS UE S

46 E c o n o m i c B u l le t i n

Three Year Plan for Economic Innovation

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Policy Issues

Three Year Plan for Economic Innovation Background The global economy is undergoing a “Great Transition”, while the trade environment is rapidly changing. Meanwhile, the Korean economy is losing growth momentum, which is attributed to inefficiency in the public sector and unfair practices in the private sector. Also, imbalances between sectors are leading to structural vulnerability. Against

this backdrop, the Korean government has drawn up the Three Year Plan for Economic Innovation, which is based on three strategies: fair and efficient economy, growth through innovation, and balance between exports and domestic consumption. The plan focuses on streamlining or restructuring nine different areas.

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Goal

Achieve the era of “People’s Happiness” and prepare for unification

Three strategies

Fair and efficient economy

Nine focuses

Reform the public sector on the basis of efficiency 2 Reform the private sector on the basis of fair practices 3 Strengthen social safety nets 1

Growth through innovation

4 5 6

Promote a creative economy Invest in the future Develop overseas markets

Balance between exports and domestic consumption

Policy Issues

Framework of the Three Year Plan for Economic Innovation

Boost investment Stimulate domestic consumption 9 Increase female and youth employment 7 8

Strategies and action plans I. Fair and efficient economy

Reforms targeting the public sector will be based on the principle of efficiency, and public institutions will be the main target of reform. Public enterprises will reduce their debt, end careless management practices and improve productivity.

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Private sector reform will be focused on correcting unfair business practices, and the primary focus will be to put a stop to unfair trade practices between large enterprises and small- and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs), to solve conflicts in the labor market by promoting a culture of mutual understanding between management and labor, and to increase consumer protection in the financial industry.

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On top of that, the government will strengthen the social safety net in order to support those left behind due to the reforms that will be carried out.

1. Public sector reform All information on public institutions will be made public.

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Public enterprises will be required to adopt separate accounting systems to efficiently manage resources by project and prevent profligate spending. Data from the separate accounts will be publicized in 2015.

The government will put a limit on the amount of bonds public enterprises may issue, in order to increase their financial soundness.

To put an end to unfair practices in public institutions, the government will ban contracts between public institutions and private firms for two years if private firms hire a former executive board member. In addition, the government will investigate unfair business transactions between public institutions and private firms. Regulations regarding contracts and business management in public institutions will be revised by the end of 2014.

The government will streamline similar and overlapped projects, and more than 600 projects will be cut over the next three years.

2. Private sector reform The government will put an end to unfair subcontracting practices by offering up to a 500 million won reward for whistle blowing. Unfair subcontracting practices include sudden price cuts, technology theft, and the canceling of orders and returning of products without prior notice.

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The government will protect tenants’ rights for premiums they paid to former business owners to take over shops by developing regulations regarding premiums and introducing contract guidelines for leasing business spaces.

3. Stronger social safety net Unemployment benefits will be expanded to cover artists, self-employed workers, daily wage workers, insurance sales persons, tutors, delivery persons, caddies and concrete mixer truck drivers.

The government will adjust the ceiling and bottom of unemployment benefits to ensure that the benefits are enough to support basic living expenses and not exceed minimum wage.

The lower income group will be made eligible to apply for the ‘Growing Hope’ savings account, into which the government deposits 260,000 won for every 100,000 won deposited. This will encourage working as well as promote saving.

II. Growth through innovation The government will lift regulations and encourage entrepreneurs to start new companies in order to promote the creative economy. The whole cycle of business startup, growth and sales, followed by the starting of new businesses, will be supported with programs specifically designed for each stage.

There will be increased investment in the future: investment in R&D, convergence between ICT and other industries, and future issues including climate change.

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The Three Year Plan also prioritizes overseas market development by promoting FTAs, overseas construction and plant construction, and content exports.

the government will quintuple funding from 20 billion won last year to 100 billion won this year. A total of 120 projects will receive funding over the next three years.

1. Creative economy The government will develop programs and establish centers to support the creative economy and promote entrepreneurship. Centers will be set up in 17 metropolitan cities and provinces to help develop regional enterprises and encourage regional talent to commercialize ideas.

To attract overseas talent, the government will launch a fellowship program that provides longterm support for research and living expenses.

Around 37,000 people are expected to enroll in the program by 2017.

2. Investment in the future The government will spend more than 4 trillion won by 2017 to promote venture startups.

Investment by 2017

(billion won)

Promote entrepreneurship to reach the target of 13,000 new entrepreneurs

1,059.8

Support enterprises which lead the creative economy

2,200.0

Encourage a “trying again” culture after business failure Total

773.0 4,032.8

The government will launch a startup support fund worth 760 billion won, and invest 460 billion won in the fund. The fund will be utilized to support youth startups and promote angel investment.

To promote convergence of ICT and other industries,

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Policy Issues

The government will help utilize unused technologies by establishing a technology pool. Startups wanting to use the technologies will make contracts with technology providers, and the government will provide funding for the commercialization of those technologies.

3. Overseas market development The government will launch a joint venture capital fund of 200 billion won, composed of government fund (40%) and foreign investment (60%), to support venture exports. Foreign venture capital management agencies will take part in the management of the fund.

The government will provide incentives by selling its shares at low prices and being the first to take losses.

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4. Support for corporations and regional economies Leading medium-sized enterprises, in addition to SMEs, will be eligible for the 50 percent income or corporate tax reduction on revenues from technology sales and patents, assuming the tax revision passes the National Assembly.

The government will develop business models to promote the construction of environmentally-friendly power plants, which are unpopular among residents.

Construction will start in 2015 following a few pilot programs in different towns in 2014.

The government will use foreign exchange reserves and provide funds of around US$10 billion through on-lending. Commercial banks will use the fund and finance overseas construction, overseas plant construction and facility imports. The facilities will be available in the second quarter of this year.

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Policy Issues

III. Balance between exports and domestic consumption

Easing household debt burdens and the high cost of rental housing is the government’s top priority, since they impose constraints on consumption.

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The government will lift regulations and promote the service sector, which will lead to more investment. In addition, the government will continue to support training and work-study programs in order to increase youth employment, and will work on reemployment after maternity and childcare leaves to promote female employment.

1. Boosting domestic consumption The government will lower the ratio of household debt to disposable income by 5 percentage points, while promoting shifts from short-term and floating interest rate loans to long-term and fixed rate loans with amortized repayment plans by increasing the income tax reduction for debt servicing costs of longterm and fixed rate loans. The government will also promote nonbank financial institutions to restructure their mortgages.

To ease the burden of increasing housing costs, the government will make rent income tax deductible while increasing the supply of rental homes. The government will supply 500,000 rental homes by 2017, while promoting private supply by easing regulations and giving tax incentives.

2. Deregulation Adoption of new regulations will have to be cost neutral beginning this year, and regulations will be adopted only when existing ones are lifted or revised.

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Regulations will be required to specify expiration dates and use the negative list approach, whenever possible.

Regulation-related information will be made accessible via the government regulation information portal, where people can see government efforts to streamline regulations as well as learn about the regulations themselves. The mobile portal will open in March, and the online reporting of difficulties incurred by regulations will be made available starting in June.

3. Facilitating youth employment The government will promote the use of National Competency Standards (NCS) by further developing it to be used as job qualification standards. As many as 800 different NCSs will be developed by the end of 2014, and NCSs will be regularly updated to reflect changes in industrial needs.

The government will further develop dual workstudy programs by giving incentives to participating companies and universities, and update public job training programs to reflect industrial demand. The public sector will hire more high school graduates.

The government will encourage recent high school graduates (aged between 15 and 29) to work at SMEs that have had difficulties finding employees by introducing a special savings account designed to promote saving. Recent high school graduates working at SMEs and earning less than 50 million won a year will be eligible for the special savings account with high interest rates and tax incentives.

The special account will be made available in the first half of 2015, and around 1.893 million young high school graduate employees will be able to benefit from it.

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4. Facilitating female employment To boost female employment, various childcare services designed according to specific needs will be made available. Mothers will have access to flexible childcare services according to their work hours at daycare centers and by nannies.

Workers will be able to switch from full-time employment to part-time employment, and vice versa, more easily, and incentives for working part

time will be increased. Those working reduced hours due to childcare will receive 60 percent of their ‘ordinary wages’, an increase from 40 percent, and those working part time instead of retiring will receive compensation of up to 5 million won a year if their wage fell by more than 30 percent compared with their peak salary. Laws regarding part time employee protection and employment stimulus will be enacted in 2014.

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1. Macroeconomy

2. Real economy Youths Age groups Women Elderly

- Reach 70 percent employment - 4 percent growth potential - Increase per capita income beyond US$30,000 and into US$40,000 2013

Difficult to go back to work after maternity or childcare leave

>

Low and unstable income

> pension plans and private pension plans

Household debt burdens,

Enterprises

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Employees

2017

Difficult to find jobs they want until they > Opportunities to be increased by implementing graduate and meet excessive requirements work-study programs

Households high housing and education costs Economic participants

Policy Issues

Expected outcomes in 2017

Discrimination against irregular workers in wages and working conditions

Developing one’s career and being a mother at the same time in a family friendly work environment Stable income with basic pension plans, retirement

>

- Household debt burdens to be eased - Number of home transactions to increase while rental home markets stabilize - Education costs to fall by more than 2 trillion won

>

Regular and irregular workers to receive compensation they deserve regardless of their status

Companies Investment hampered by regulations

> Increased investment in the creative economy

Small Frequent failure due to lack of expertise businesses

> training and tax incentives

Venture startups

Fundraising difficulties

> Difficulties to be eased for good business ideas

SMEs

SMEs want to retain SME status in order to continue receiving government support

>

Increased competitiveness and profit through

SMEs aggressively grow business and enter global markets

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Policy Issues

3. Public sector reform Indices

2013

2017

Public institution debt (%)

239

200

36.2

35.6

National debt (% to GDP) Subsidies fraud

Conduct a thorough investigation to remove subsidies fraud

4. Investment

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Indices

E c o n o m i c B u l le t i n

2013

2017

R&D investment (% to GDP)

4.4

5.0

Investment in venture startups (trillion won)

1.4

3.0

2013

2017

5. Exports Indices Markets created by FTAs (% to global GDP)

55

70

Online exports (US$ million)

25

100

6. Service sector Indices Value added ratio Foreign investment (US$ billion) Foreign tourists (thousand)

2013

2017

58

Over 60

14.5

25.0

12,170

19,000

2013

2017

7. Employment and consumption Indices Youth employment (thousand, accumulated)

100 (as of 2014)

500

Female employment* (thousand, accumulated)

290 (as of 2014)

1,500

Household debt/disposable income (%) Education costs (trillion won)

High 160’s

Low 160’s

19

Less than 17

* Women aged between 16 and 64

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Ec o Ne no ws mi c Br iefi ng

53 E co n o m i c N ew s B r i e f i n g

Deputy Prime Minister meets with counterparts at G20 meeting Korea seals FTA with Canada Public institution reform plans finalized Korea signs MOU on energy cooperation with UAE Sustainable management continues to improve over the past 10 years FTA partners lead overall increase in trade Korea signs currency swap deal with Australia Government to ease M&A regulations

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Economic News Briefing

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Deputy Prime Minister meets with counterparts at G20 meeting

Korea seals FTA with Canada

At the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors’ Meeting held in Sydney, Australia on February 21-23, Deputy Prime Minister Hyun Oh-Seok met with Australian Treasurer Joe Hockey, British Chancellor of Exchequer George Osborne, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble, and IMF managing director Christine Lagarde. Deputy Prime Minister Hyun acknowledged that while the tapering of quantitative easing would be good for the global economy, it could lead to fluctuations in financial markets, and suggested that contingency plans be drawn up at the G20 level to prepare for potential risks. At the meetings the Deputy Prime Minister also introduced Korea’s ‘Three Year Plan for Economic Innovation’, and noted that Korea’s growth strategies were in line with G20 growth strategies.

Korea and Canada concluded negotiations on their bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) on March 11, agreeing to eliminate tariffs on most imports and exports within 10 years of the deal taking effect.

Canada will remove tariffs on automobiles, which make up 40 percent of Korea’s total shipments to the nation, within three years, and also phase out tariffs on automobile parts, textiles and electronics.

Korea has agreed to reduce tariffs on Canadian beef over the next 15 years. Addressing concerns about the FTA on Korea’s farming sector, 18.8 percent of agricultural products, including rice, will be exempt from the pact.

Deputy Prime Minister Hyun Oh-Seok (right) meets US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen (left) during the opening session of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors' meeting in Sydney, Australia on February 22, 2014.

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Sustainable management continues to improve over the past 10 years

The government has finalized plans for reforming the public institutions that have been reprimanded for high debt levels or lax management. The 18 institutions that were deemed ‘highly indebted’ will lower their debt levels by restructuring, selling assets and increasing management efficiency. If the debt reduction plans are successfully implemented, the debt levels of the 18 institutions, which had been forecast to continue climbing until 2017, will begin falling in 2016. The debt ratios of the public institutions will decline from 237 percent in 2013 to under 200 percent in 2017. Meanwhile, the 38 institutions that were flagged for ‘reckless management’ will have to curb employee benefits by 154.4 billion won compared to 2013. As a result, per person benefits will decline from an average of 4.27 million won to 2.90 million won.

Corporations in Korea have become more conscious of sustainable management over the last 10 years, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE). The ministry, which has been conducting a yearly survey on sustainable management since 2003, announced that the sustainability score of the nation’s major firms was 88.21 out of a total of 100. The score in 2003 was 66.9, and has been constantly on the rise. Categories assessed include sustainability vision, governance, ethical management, environmental management, workplace conditions, customer relations, and social contributions. Corporations scored relatively high this year in sustainability vision, environmental management and customer relations. Among the 134 firms surveyed, 37 received a triple-A rating in sustainable management, out of which 10 received the triple-A status for the fifth consecutive year.

Korea signs MOU on energy cooperation with UAE

FTA partners lead overall increase in trade

Korea and the UAE have signed an agreement to cooperate in fostering talent in the energy sector and develop energy markets in other countries. The memorandum of understanding (MOU) on energy cooperation, which was signed by the two nations on February 28, contains plans to train young experts in areas such as nuclear power, oil, natural gas, renewable energy, and energy efficiency. In addition, Korea and UAE have agreed to pool their technology, capital and human resources in order to make inroads into other markets such as Africa and Europe.

Korea’s trade volume increased 0.7 percent in 2013, led by trade with FTA partner nations. According to the Korea Customs Service, bilateral trade with FTA partners rose 2.9 percent, while trade with nonpartners declined 0.5 percent. Both exports and imports have improved more with FTA partners than with countries that have yet to sign free trade pacts with Korea. Exports to FTA partners and nonpartners increased 3.5 percent and 1.3 percent, respectively. As for imports, shipments from FTA partners were up 2.2 percent, while shipments from non-partners fell 2.2 percent.

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Public institution reform plans finalized

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Korea signs currency swap deal with Australia The Bank of Korea signed a currency swap agreement with the Reserve Bank of Australia on February 23, in order to promote bilateral trade. The deal enables the two nations to provide up to 5 trillion won or A$5 billion to each other for trade settlements. The effective period of the facility will be three years, and could be extended by mutual consent of both sides.

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Government to ease M&A regulations The government announced on March 6 measures to facilitate the domestic M&A market by easing related regulations. M&A transactions in Korea have been declining since the global financial crisis, falling from 811 in 2010 to 400 last year. The sluggish M&A market poses an obstacle to the economy, restricting business restructuring as well as investment in small companies and venture startups.

Australian wine is on display at a large supermarket in Seoul. The KoreaAustralia currency swap deal will ensure that trade between the two countries can continue to be settled in local currencies even in times of stress.

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Private equity firms will be allowed to acquire a company’s entire business, instead of being restricted to buying a stake in the company. Also, private equity-backed companies will be able to list in the stock exchange. Until now, there have been no cases of such companies going public, due to strict rules on investor protection. In addition, tax incentives and financial aid for M&A transactions will be expanded. The proposed measures are expected to facilitate corporate restructuring, provide an opportunity for local private equity funds to grow, and lead to advancements in the Korean M&A market.

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1. National accounts

2. Production, shipment and inventory

57 Statistical Appendices

Stat i st App ic a en l dic es 3. Production capacity and operation ratio 4. Consumer goods sales index

5. Consumer goods shipment index and consumer sentiment index

6 Machinery orders received and estimated facility investment index 7. Value of construction and domestic construction orders received 8. Composite indices of business cycle indicators and BSI 9. Balance of payments (I) 10. Balance of payments (II) 11. Prices 12. Employment 13. Financial indicators 14. Monetary indicators 15. Exchange rates

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Statistical A ppendic es 1 National accounts (year-on-year change, %, chained 2005 year prices) Real GDP Agri., fores. & fisheries

Manufacturing

Final consumption expenditure

4.0 5.2 5.1 2.3 0.3 6.3 3.7 2.0 2.8

1.3 1.5 4.0 5.6 3.2 -4.4 -2.1 -0.6 5.6

6.2 8.1 7.2 2.8 -1.5 14.7 7.3 2.2 3.0

4.6 5.1 5.1 2.0 1.2 4.1 2.3 2.2 2.1

2005 Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ Ⅳ

2.7 3.4 4.5 5.1

0.4 4.8 3.8 -3.1

4.8 3.9 6.7 9.3

2006 Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ Ⅳ

6.1 5.1 5.0 4.6

3.9 -0.3 -1.4 4.2

2007 Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ Ⅳ

4.5 5.3 4.9 5.7

2008 Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ Ⅳ

Period

Construction

Facilities

1.9 3.4 4.2 -1.9 -1.0 5.8 -1.0 -1.7 3.8

-0.4 0.5 1.4 -2.8 3.4 -3.7 -4.7 -2.2 6.9

5.3 8.2 9.3 -1.0 -9.8 25.7 3.6 -1.9 -1.5

2.7 4.7 5.9 4.9

-0.3 1.8 1.5 3.9

-3.1 0.9 -0.3 0.3

3.4 2.8 4.1 10.8

9.4 9.1 8.7 5.4

5.8 4.9 4.6 5.1

3.8 0.1 4.0 5.7

1.9 -4.2 -0.5 5.1

7.2 8.0 12.0 5.7

1.6 7.0 8.2 -0.7

4.5 7.2 6.3 10.2

5.1 5.4 5.3 4.7

7.3 5.7 1.5 3.1

4.4 2.0 -0.2 0.4

12.6 13.0 4.0 8.0

5.5 4.4 3.3 -3.3

7.8 4.6 4.3 6.5

8.9 8.3 5.3 -9.4

4.3 3.0 2.4 -1.7

-0.6 0.6 2.1 -8.7

-2.5 -0.5 0.4 -7.7

2.8 2.0 5.3 -13.3

2009 Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ Ⅳ

-4.2 -2.1 1.0 6.3

2.5 0.0 5.0 5.0

-13.6 -7.1 1.8 13.1

-2.2 0.7 1.5 4.8

-7.5 -3.0 -1.0 6.2

1.6 4.3 3.2 4.0

-21.9 -18.1 -9.4 12.2

2010 Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ Ⅳ

8.7 7.6 4.5 4.9

-0.1 -2.2 -7.8 -5.9

22.4 17.6 9.5 11.0

6.1 3.6 3.5 3.0

11.2 5.8 5.6 2.3

1.8 -4.7 -4.9 -5.2

29.6 32.0 26.3 16.9

2011 Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ Ⅳ

4.3 3.5 3.6 3.4

-9.7 -2.6 -5.8 7.1

10.3 7.4 6.4 5.5

2.8 2.8 2.4 1.3

-1.4 0.4 -1.4 -1.8

-10.0 -4.7 -3.6 -1.7

10.5 7.7 1.1 -3.6

2012P Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ Ⅳ

2.8 2.4 1.6 1.5

-0.4 -1.8 0.3 -0.5

4.1 2.7 0.9 1.3

2.1 1.6 2.1 2.8

3.7 -2.6 -2.5 -4.2

-0.4 -3.1 -0.3 -4.2

8.8 -3.5 -6.9 -5.2

2013P Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ Ⅳ

1.5 2.3 3.3 3.9

0.3 2.7 7.3 9.7

1.0 2.1 3.9 5.0

1.4 2.3 2.3 2.5

-3.8 2.9 5.9 8.8

2.4 7.2 8.6 8.1

-11.9 -4.6 1.5 9.9

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012P 2013P

58

Gross fixed capital formation

E c o n o m i c B u l le t i n

P: Preliminary Source: The Bank of Korea

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2 Production, shipment and inventory (constant prices, 2010=100) Period

Production index

Shipment index

y-o-y change(%)

Inventory index

y-o-y change(%)

Service production index

y-o-y change(%)

y-o-y change(%)

106.0 107.4 107.8

6.0 1.3 0.4

105.6 107.2 107.6

5.6 1.5 0.4

119.9 125.2 132.8

15.0 4.4 6.1

103.2 104.8 106.3

3.2 1.6 1.4

2011 Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ Ⅳ

102.6 107.5 104.0 109.7

9.1 6.2 5.4 3.4

103.4 106.6 103.2 109.3

10.0 5.4 4.7 2.8

104.9 109.8 112.3 119.9

7.8 11.8 11.4 15.0

99.4 103.4 103.2 106.7

2.8 2.7 4.2 3.0

2012 Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ Ⅲ

106.6 108.9 103.7 110.6

3.9 1.3 -0.3 0.8

106.6 108.4 103.8 109.8

3.1 1.7 0.6 0.5

117.7 114.8 114.5 125.2

12.2 4.6 2.0 4.4

102.0 104.9 104.8 107.6

2.6 1.5 1.6 0.8

2013 Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ ⅣP

105.7 108.9 103.9 112.7

-0.8 0.0 0.2 1.9

105.7 108.9 104.0 111.8

-0.8 0.5 0.2 1.8

123.1 119.4 125.0 132.8

4.6 4.0 9.2 6.1

102.9 106.7 105.6 109.9

0.9 1.7 0.8 2.1

2012 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

102.0 106.1 111.6 106.8 110.7 109.2 106.0 100.3 104.7 108.8 112.6 110.3

-3.1 15.3 0.9 0.0 3.3 0.7 0.0 -1.3 0.3 -0.8 3.0 0.1

102.8 106.1 111.0 106.2 109.9 109.2 105.2 99.9 106.2 108.2 111.0 110.1

-2.8 13.5 0.1 -0.6 3.7 2.0 1.0 -1.4 1.9 -0.9 2.6 -0.3

119.3 117.4 117.7 116.5 118.2 114.8 115.4 119.3 114.5 116.1 121.3 125.2

14.2 14.1 12.2 10.2 8.8 4.6 3.2 6.5 2.0 0.6 3.1 4.4

100.3 99.9 105.7 102.8 105.9 105.9 104.8 103.9 105.7 104.7 105.5 112.7

0.3 6.2 1.5 0.7 2.4 1.2 1.6 0.8 2.2 0.5 1.5 0.7

2013 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12P

110.9 96.9 109.2 109.1 110.2 107.4 107.5 103.5 100.7 112.7 111.8 113.5

8.7 -8.7 -2.2 2.2 -0.5 -1.6 1.4 3.2 -3.8 3.6 -0.7 2.9

109.5 97.8 109.8 108.8 109.8 108.1 106.6 104.4 100.9 112.0 111.3 112.0

6.5 -7.8 -1.1 2.4 -0.1 -1.0 1.3 4.5 -5.0 3.5 0.3 1.7

128.3 124.6 123.1 121.0 122.2 119.4 124.2 123.8 125.0 126.9 129.2 132.8

7.5 6.1 4.6 3.9 3.4 4.0 7.6 3.8 9.2 9.3 6.5 6.1

102.1 100.2 106.4 105.4 107.7 107.0 105.6 105.6 105.5 107.7 107.4 114.5

1.8 0.3 0.7 2.5 1.7 1.0 0.8 1.6 -0.2 2.9 1.8 1.6

2014 1P

106.7

-3.8

104.9

-4.2

136.3

6.2

104.1

2.0

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2011 2012 2013P

P: Preliminary Source: Statistics Korea

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Statistical A ppendic es 3 Production capacity and operation ratio Period

60

Production capacity index (2010=100)

Operation ratio index (2010=100)

y-o-y change (%)

y-o-y change (%)

Average operation ratio (%)

E c o n o m i c B u l le t i n

2011 2012 2013P

104.7 106.9 108.7

4.7 2.1 1.7

100.2 97.5 94.8

0.2 -2.7 -2.8

80.5 78.5 76.2

2011 Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ Ⅳ

103.5 104.5 105.0 105.6

5.7 5.1 4.3 3.5

97.8 103.5 97.7 101.9

2.2 0.8 0.1 -2.0

81.4 80.6 80.9 79.1

2012 Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ Ⅳ

106.3 106.7 107.0 107.5

2.7 2.1 1.9 1.8

97.5 101.0 93.2 98.3

-0.3 -2.4 -4.6 -3.5

79.9 79.5 76.6 78.0

2013 Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ ⅣP

108.2 108.4 108.9 109.3

1.8 1.6 1.8 1.7

93.3 97.4 90.5 97.9

-4.3 -3.6 -2.9 -0.4

77.3 75.9 75.1 76.6

2012 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

106.2 106.2 106.4 106.6 106.7 106.8 106.7 107.2 107.0 107.3 107.5 107.6

2.9 2.7 2.4 2.1 2.2 2.1 1.8 2.1 1.7 1.4 1.9 1.9

92.5 97.2 102.9 98.9 102.6 101.4 97.2 88.3 94.1 98.1 100.7 96.1

-8.0 11.3 -2.6 -3.6 -0.6 -3.1 -3.5 -6.9 -3.6 -4.6 -1.7 -4.5

80.0 80.4 79.2 79.6 79.9 78.9 78.4 74.3 77.2 77.4 78.3 78.2

2013 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12P

108.1 108.2 108.2 108.2 108.4 108.6 108.7 109.0 109.0 109.1 109.3 109.6

1.8 1.9 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.9 1.7 1.9 1.7 1.7 1.9

98.5 84.5 96.8 97.4 99.0 95.9 94.3 90.4 86.7 99.2 97.9 96.7

6.5 -13.1 -5.9 -1.5 -3.5 -5.4 -3.0 2.4 -7.9 1.1 -2.8 0.6

78.8 77.1 75.9 75.9 75.9 75.9 74.8 76.3 74.3 76.2 76.2 77.3

2014 1P

109.5

1.3

91.6

-7.0

78.2

P: Preliminary Source: Statistics Korea

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4 Consumer goods sales index (constant prices, 2010=100) Consumer goods sales index Period

y-o-y change (%)

Durable goods y-o-y change (%)

Semi-durable goods y-o-y change (%)

Non-durable goods y-o-y change (%)

104.5 107.0 107.9

4.5 2.4 0.8

110.6 116.2 116.6

10.6 5.3 0.3

103.7 103.8 105.9

3.7 -0.4 2.0

102.1 104.1 104.7

2.1 2.0 0.6

2011 Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ Ⅳ

100.7 104.8 103.7 108.9

5.3 6.2 4.0 2.6

105.4 112.2 111.4 113.3

11.5 16.9 10.3 4.4

98.3 105.5 94.2 116.7

5.1 5.2 3.6 1.2

99.6 101.2 104.4 103.3

2.7 2.0 1.5 2.4

2012 Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ Ⅳ

103.4 106.4 106.5 111.6

2.8 1.4 2.7 2.5

109.4 114.9 118.4 122.0

4.0 2.6 6.4 8.3

99.0 105.5 92.3 118.4

0.6 -0.5 -2.3 0.5

102.6 102.8 107.2 103.8

3.1 1.7 2.8 0.5

2013 Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ ⅣP

103.7 107.7 107.2 112.9

0.3 1.2 0.7 1.2

110.9 118.2 116.8 120.2

1.4 2.9 -1.4 -1.5

101.7 107.2 95.0 119.6

2.7 1.6 2.9 1.0

101.2 103.0 108.0 106.6

-1.4 0.2 0.7 2.7

2012 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

107.5 97.8 105.0 103.0 110.1 106.1 108.2 102.3 109.1 109.0 111.6 114.3

2.1 5.5 1.1 0.4 2.6 1.2 3.8 1.3 2.9 1.5 4.1 2.1

107.2 107.2 113.7 107.3 117.3 120.0 125.6 114.0 115.7 117.1 123.1 125.9

3.3 9.8 -0.4 1.0 4.4 2.2 7.4 4.0 7.6 8.0 6.5 10.6

104.7 91.9 100.4 104.8 111.4 100.3 97.3 82.1 97.6 114.8 118.8 121.5

-0.2 2.0 0.1 -1.3 0.8 -0.9 0.9 -5.1 -3.0 -2.0 5.1 -1.4

108.8 96.0 102.9 100.1 106.1 102.1 104.9 105.7 111.1 102.7 103.0 105.8

2.4 4.8 2.2 0.8 2.4 1.6 3.0 2.2 3.2 0.0 2.2 -0.5

2013 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12P

104.6 99.5 107.0 105.3 110.8 106.9 109.2 104.6 107.7 111.2 113.1 114.5

-2.7 1.7 1.9 2.2 0.6 0.8 0.9 2.2 -1.3 2.0 1.3 0.2

112.2 105.9 114.7 115.0 119.5 120.2 127.4 116.3 106.8 120.4 120.2 120.1

4.7 -1.2 0.9 7.2 1.9 0.2 1.4 2.0 -7.7 2.8 -2.4 -4.6

102.9 93.1 109.2 106.4 113.8 101.5 98.1 87.1 99.9 113.6 123.5 121.8

-1.7 1.3 8.8 1.5 2.2 1.2 0.8 6.1 2.4 -1.0 4.0 0.2

101.7 99.3 102.5 100.3 105.5 103.1 105.5 106.9 111.6 105.9 105.3 108.7

-6.5 3.4 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 1.0 0.6 1.1 0.5 3.1 2.2 2.7

2014 1P

110.6

5.7

118.4

5.5

99.7

-3.1

118.8

9.9

61 Statistical Appendices

2011 2012 2013P

P: Preliminary Source: Statistics Korea

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Statistical A ppendic es 5 Consumer goods shipment index and consumer sentiment index Domestic consumer goods shipment index (2010=100) Durable goods

Period

62

y-o-y change (%)

Non-durable goods

y-o-y change (%)

y-o-y change (%)

Consumer sentiment index

E c o n o m i c B u l le t i n

2011 2012 2013P

100.9 102.5 101.9

0.9 1.6 -0.6

100.3 102.8 103.1

0.3 2.5 0.3

101.2 102.4 101.4

1.2 1.2 -1.0

-

2011 Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ Ⅳ

101.0 97.9 101.5 103.3

4.6 0.9 0.8 -2.2

99.5 100.7 100.9 100.1

3.8 3.1 -0.1 -5.0

101.6 96.8 101.7 104.6

4.7 0.2 1.1 -1.1

-

2012 Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ Ⅳ

100.8 99.9 103.5 106.0

-0.2 2.0 2.0 2.6

97.8 99.1 102.5 112.0

-1.7 -1.6 1.6 11.9

102.0 100.2 103.9 103.4

0.4 3.5 2.2 -1.1

-

2013 Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ ⅣP

102.8 98.4 102.1 104.5

2.0 -1.5 -1.4 -1.4

108.0 100.6 102.3 101.5

10.4 1.5 -0.2 -9.4

100.5 97.4 101.9 105.8

-1.5 -2.8 -1.9 2.3

-

2012 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

100.6 98.6 103.1 99.2 101.6 98.9 102.8 101.5 106.1 106.6 105.7 105.7

-7.0 10.9 -2.6 0.9 5.9 -0.6 2.4 -0.8 4.3 1.7 4.7 1.5

92.5 98.3 102.5 94.1 100.4 102.8 105.3 98.4 103.9 108.5 110.9 116.5

-8.3 6.0 -2.4 -3.6 1.2 -2.4 0.7 0.1 4.1 8.0 12.0 15.5

104.0 98.7 103.3 101.3 102.1 97.3 101.8 102.9 107.0 105.7 103.5 101.1

-6.6 13.1 -2.6 2.6 8.0 0.2 3.4 -1.1 4.4 -0.8 1.6 -4.1

98 102 102 106 106 101 100 101 99 100 100 99

2013 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12P

108.4 96.7 103.2 99.1 99.3 96.7 103.2 103.7 99.3 108.7 102.8 102.0

7.8 -1.9 0.1 -0.1 -2.3 -2.2 0.4 2.2 -6.4 2.0 -2.7 -3.5

110.4 106.1 107.6 97.9 101.3 102.6 108.8 103.6 94.6 104.3 102.9 97.4

19.4 7.9 5.0 4.0 0.9 -0.2 3.3 5.3 -9.0 -3.9 -7.2 -16.4

107.5 92.6 101.3 99.6 98.5 94.1 100.8 103.7 101.3 110.6 102.7 104.0

3.4 -6.2 -1.9 -1.7 -3.5 -3.3 -1.0 0.8 -5.3 4.6 -0.8 2.9

102 102 104 102 104 105 105 105 102 106 107 107

2014 1P 2

102.1 -

-5.8 -

99.8 -

-9.6 -

103.1 -

-4.1 -

109 108

P: Preliminary Source: Statistics Korea

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6 Machinery orders received and estimated facility investment index Domestic machinery orders received excluding ship (billion won, constant value) Total

Period

2011 2012 2013P

Public

y-o-y change (%)

Private

y-o-y change (%)

y-o-y change (%)

Estimated facility investment index y-o-y (2010=100)

change (%)

7.6 -13.9 6.7

2,407 2,142 2,580

-2.6 -11.0 20.5

22,741 19,506 20,524

8.8 -14.2 5.2

103.5 100.6 99.3

3.5 -2.8 -1.3

2011 Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ Ⅳ

6,383 6,723 5,666 6,376

15.3 9.6 -0.7 6.4

358 708 310 1,031

-36.7 83.1 -18.6 -9.5

6,025 6,015 5,356 5,345

21.2 4.6 0.6 10.1

97.0 109.4 104.5 103.0

5.2 7.4 3.2 -1.4

2012 Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ Ⅳ

6,310 5,391 5,036 4,910

-1.1 -19.8 -11.1 -23.0

810 285 579 468

126.1 -59.7 86.7 -54.6

5,500 5,106 4,458 4,442

-8.7 -15.1 -16.8 -16.9

105.0 104.8 96.2 96.4

8.2 -4.2 -7.9 -6.4

2013 Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ ⅣP

5,592 5,867 5,148 6,498

-11.4 8.8 2.2 32.4

429 554 522 1,075

-47.0 94.2 -9.7 129.7

5,163 5,313 4,625 5,423

-6.1 4.0 3.8 22.1

91.2 100.6 98.8 106.4

-13.1 -4.0 2.7 10.4

2012 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

1,933 2,541 1,836 1,845 1,830 1,716 1,835 1,509 1,693 1,511 1,656 1,743

-0.8 25.1 -23.6 -4.4 -14.4 -35.4 -9.4 -14.2 -10 -22.5 -27.8 -18.3

52 695 63 56 39 190 310 169 100 86 127 255

-22.2 829.0 -70.9 -10.3 -72.8 -62.2 135.5 105.9 3.5 -72.3 -75.8 31.2

1,881 1,846 1,773 1,789 1,791 1,526 1,525 1,339 1,593 1,425 1,529 1,488

0.0 -5.7 -18.9 -4.3 -10.2 -29.1 -19.5 -20.1 -10.7 -13.1 -13.5 -23.3

97.7 109.1 108.2 106.2 105.8 102.3 105.4 90.1 93.1 94.5 92.4 102.2

5.6 26.4 -3.5 3.0 -4.9 -10.2 -1.6 -16.5 -5.5 1.1 -10 -9.3

2013 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12P

1,847 1,666 2,079 1,846 2,127 1,894 1,935 1,623 1,589 2,606 2,109 1,784

-4.4 -34.4 13.2 0 16.2 10.4 5.5 7.6 -6.1 72.4 27.4 2.4

139 168 121 92 250 212 359 92 71 788 163 124

169.8 -75.8 92.2 63.8 542.9 11.5 15.8 -45.4 -28.5 815.4 28.2 -51.4

1,708 1,498 1,957 1,754 1,877 1,682 1,576 1,531 1,518 1,818 1,946 1,660

-9.2 -18.8 10.4 -2.0 4.8 10.2 3.4 14.3 -4.7 27.5 27.3 11.6

89.8 83.5 100.4 98.2 101.6 102.0 108.0 100.1 88.2 108.9 101.4 108.9

-8.1 -23.5 -7.2 -7.5 -4 -0.3 2.5 11.1 -5.3 15.2 9.7 6.6

2014 1P

1,851

0.2

92

-33.7

1,758

3.0

88.3

-1.7

63 Statistical Appendices

25,148 21,648 23,105

P: Preliminary Source: Statistics Korea

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Statistical A ppendic es 7 Value of construction completed and domestic construction orders received (current value, billion won) Period

64

Value of construction y-o-y completed change (Total) (%)

Type of order Public

Private y-o-y change (%)

Domestic construction y-o-y orders change received y-o-y (%) (Total) change (%)

Type of order Public

Private y-o-y change (%)

y-o-y change (%)

E c o n o m i c B u l le t i n

2011 2012 2013P

91,717 88,713 97,938

-0.6 -3.3 10.4

35,120 33,807 34,532

-0.1 -3.7 2.1

51,663 50,622 59,492

-2.2 -2.0 17.5

95,332 89,395 75,644

6.1 -6.2 -15.4

28,624 26,071 24,574

-2.0 -8.9 -5.7

61,839 59,811 48,888

12.3 -3.3 -18.3

2011 Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ Ⅳ

19,277 24,057 21,423 26,960

-5.2 -0.1 -2.7 4.4

7,322 9,290 7,684 10,825

-2.1 1.8 -1.5 0.7

11,031 13,339 12,597 14,696

-7.9 -4.3 -4.3 6.9

16,335 25,319 20,444 33,233

-11.5 -0.9 5.6 25.5

4,119 6,311 6,711 11,483

-49.0 -8.4 -1.4 54.5

11,107 17,653 12,871 20,209

20.3 4.7 12.1 15.4

2012 Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ Ⅳ

19,275 22,410 21,351 25,676

0.0 -6.8 -0.3 -4.8

7,442 8,892 7,598 9,876

1.6 -4.3 -1.1 -8.8

10,893 12,440 12,676 14,613

-1.2 -6.7 0.6 -0.6

22,671 25,732 18,395 22,596

38.8 1.6 -10.0 -32.0

5,655 5,570 5,401 9,443

37.3 -11.7 -19.5 -17.8

16,309 19,100 12,522 11,877

46.8 8.2 -2.7 -41.2

2013 Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ ⅣP

20,145 25,707 23,679 28,407

4.5 14.7 10.9 10.6

7,005 9,345 8,083 10,099

-5.9 5.1 6.4 2.3

12,375 15,377 14,674 17,066

13.6 23.6 15.8 16.8

13,425 18,143 16,454 27,621

-40.8 -29.5 -10.6 22.2

4,289 5,348 4,910 10,025

-24.1 -4.0 -9.1 6.2

8,781 12,108 11,165 16,832

-46.2 -36.6 -10.8 41.7

2012 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

5,796 6,035 7,444 6,844 7,307 8,259 7,037 6,582 7,732 7,343 8,098 10,235

-6.3 13.2 -4.1 -4.5 -1.8 -12.6 4.2 -4.6 -0.5 -7.8 3.0 -8.1

2,123 -12.9 2,373 17.0 2,945 3.1 2,644 -3.6 2,873 3.0 3,374 -10.2 2,372 -0.3 2,322 -5.6 2,904 2.1 2,591 -10.7 3,003 -5.3 4,282 -9.9

3,373 3,405 4,115 3,903 4,106 4,431 4,281 3,943 4,452 4,452 4,773 5,387

-3.3 11.3 -8.2 -4.0 -3.4 -11.8 5.4 -3.8 0.3 -4.7 11.2 -6.0

7,468 8,488 6,714 6,428 7,310 11,993 6,823 5,390 6,181 5,800 7,239 9,556

52.0 108.1 -8.6 -4.2 2.3 4.6 32.3 -28.8 -19.9 -22.6 -19.9 -42.8

2,034 2,218 1,402 1,453 1,061 3,056 2,304 1,316 1,780 1,970 2,105 5,366

54.6 57.5 0.6 1.7 -43.9 2.2 24.2 -12.5 -46.9 -14.9 -29.5 -13.1

5,269 6,121 4,918 4,461 6,133 8,505 4,329 4,032 4,161 3,787 4,798 3,290

81.4 144.1 -13.6 -3.6 29.4 2.7 39.9 -30.3 4.2 -24.1 -18.3 -64.8

2013 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12P

6,266 6,222 7,657 8,089 8,142 9,476 7,839 7,657 8,183 8,628 9,083 10,696

8.1 3.1 2.9 18.2 11.4 14.7 11.4 16.3 5.8 17.5 12.2 4.5

2,072 -2.4 2,345 -1.2 2,589 -12.1 2,839 7.4 2,805 -2.4 3,700 9.7 2,643 11.5 2,561 10.3 2,878 -0.9 2,958 14.2 3,124 4.0 4,017 -6.2

3,956 3,650 4,769 4,954 5,062 5,361 4,885 4,810 4,979 5,329 5,625 6,112

17.3 7.2 15.9 26.9 23.3 21.0 14.1 22.0 11.8 19.7 17.8 13.5

3,546 4,431 5,447 4,946 6,073 7,124 5,675 4,708 6,070 7,346 7,895 12,379

-52.5 -47.8 -18.9 -23.1 -16.9 -40.6 -16.8 -12.6 -1.8 26.7 9.1 29.5

1,289 1,287 1,713 1,558 1,559 2,231 1,412 1,493 2,004 1,500 2,648 5,877

-36.6 -42.0 22.1 7.2 47.0 -27.0 -38.7 13.5 12.6 -23.9 25.8 9.5

2,108 2,992 3,680 2,962 4,393 4,753 4,153 3,171 3,840 5,756 5,004 6,070

-60.0 -51.1 -25.2 -33.6 -28.4 -44.1 -4.1 -21.4 -7.7 52.0 4.3 84.5

2014 1P

7,114

13.5

2,396

4,415

11.6

5,260

48.3

2,102

63.0

3,012

42.8

15.6

P: Preliminary Source: Statistics Korea

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8 Composite indices of business cycle indicators and BSI Cyclical component of leading index (2010=100)

Coincident index (2010=100)

Cyclical component of coincident index (2010=100)

BSI (results)

BSI (prospects)

2011 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

101.2 101.5 101.6 101.3 101.6 102.1 102.5 102.8 103.0 103.1 103.1 103.4

100.8 100.7 100.4 99.6 99.4 99.4 99.5 99.3 99.0 98.7 98.3 98.1

103.3 103.4 104.0 104.0 104.8 105.4 106.0 106.5 106.5 106.9 106.8 107.2

101.1 100.9 101.0 100.6 101.0 101.2 101.3 101.4 101.0 101.0 100.5 100.5

99.1 92.2 107.8 98.4 98.9 99.6 96.2 86.8 96.4 95.0 93.0 90.1

101.8 98.0 113.5 99.3 104.3 104.3 101.3 98.9 96.3 101.4 96.4 94.8

2012 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

104.2 105.3 105.8 106.3 106.5 107.5 107.9 108.0 107.8 108.1 108.8 109.5

98.5 99.2 99.2 99.4 99.1 99.7 99.8 99.5 98.9 98.8 99.1 99.4

107.3 108.1 108.4 108.6 108.8 109.2 109.9 109.8 110.3 110.2 110.8 111.4

100.2 100.6 100.5 100.4 100.2 100.2 100.5 100.0 100.1 99.6 99.8 100.0

88.6 92.2 101.4 97.5 95.7 90.4 82.1 84.4 89.3 88.9 82.2 87.0

88.3 91.0 106.1 98.4 104.7 98.3 89.7 82.7 99.5 97.0 92.5 82.0

2013 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

109.8 110.1 110.7 111.3 112.0 113.1 113.8 114.4 114.6 115.3 116.2 117.0

99.2 99.2 99.3 99.5 99.7 100.3 100.5 100.7 100.4 100.8 101.1 101.5

111.7 112.2 112.3 112.9 113.2 113.9 114.3 114.9 115.1 115.7 116.1 116.7

100.0 100.0 99.7 99.9 99.8 100.1 100.1 100.3 100.1 100.2 100.2 100.4

85.0 83.0 101.3 94.1 97.6 95.0 91.1 89.8 93.0 94.7 91.9 90.5

85.7 86.7 104.4 101.5 99.8 97.2 90.7 92.7 94.4 101.1 94.7 92.6

2014 1 2 3

117.5 -

101.5 -

117.6 -

100.7 -

89.4 87.0 -

93.4 88.7 104.4

65 Statistical Appendices

Leading index (2010=100)

Period

Sources: Statistics Korea, The Bank of Korea

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Statistical A ppendic es 9 Balance of payments (I) (US$ million) Current account

Goods

26,068.2 48,082.3 70,706.4

31,660.0 39,816.7 60,695.9

551,765.4 554,174.7 570,887.3

2011 Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ Ⅳ

1,406.40 5,374.00 7,893.60 11,394.20

5,046.70 8,277.10 7,472.20 10,864.00

2012 Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ Ⅳ

2,921.80 13,438.00 15,493.40 16,229.10

2013PⅠ Ⅱ Ⅲ Ⅳ

Services

Primary income

Secondary income

520,105.4 514,358.0 510,191.4

-5,849.5 5,733.7 5,996.2

2,890.9 5,717.9 4,803.2

-2,633.2 -3,186.0 -788.9

127,215.80 142,371.20 141,037.20 141,141.20

122,169.10 134,094.10 133,565.00 130,277.20

-3,261.00 -1,616.90 -518.00 -453.60

562.60 -615.20 1,445.70 1,497.80

-941.90 -671.00 -506.30 -514.00

3,361.80 9,840.40 12,300.30 14,314.20

135,699.10 139,579.60 136,426.90 142,469.10

132,337.30 129,739.20 124,126.60 128,154.90

-964.70 3,001.50 2,563.30 1,133.60

1,758.20 1,114.20 1,153.10 1,692.40

-1,233.50 -518.10 -523.30 -911.10

9,971.8 19,803.0 18,981.4 21,950.2

9,339.8 15,838.1 16,623.4 18,894.60

137,293.0 142,434.4 140,879.1 150,280.80

127,953.2 126,596.3 124,255.7 131,386.20

-483.0 3,761.9 1,330.1 1,387.2

1,375.0 62.2 1,571.6 1,794.4

-260.0 140.8 -543.7 -126.0

2012 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

-554.20 477.10 2,998.90 2,594.00 4,258.20 6,585.80 6,891.50 2,521.20 6,080.70 6,347.60 7,536.80 2,344.70

-1,080.10 1,430.30 3,011.60 2,023.90 2,207.90 5,608.60 5,415.40 1,983.50 4,901.40 5,469.50 7,055.20 1,789.50

41,751.40 46,103.60 47,844.10 46,029.70 46,510.50 47,039.40 46,465.90 42,765.50 47,195.50 48,253.80 49,775.40 44,439.90

42,831.50 44,673.30 44,832.50 44,005.80 44,302.60 41,430.80 41,050.50 40,782.00 42,294.10 42,784.30 42,720.20 42,650.40

-316.20 -1,377.80 729.30 1,078.90 1,654.10 268.50 1,221.90 214.10 1,127.30 606.10 246.80 280.70

1,280.70 689.90 -212.40 -325.70 486.90 953.00 460.40 502.40 190.30 548.50 420.10 723.80

-438.60 -265.30 -529.60 -183.10 -90.70 -244.30 -206.20 -178.80 -138.30 -276.50 -185.30 -449.30

2013P 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

2,331.7 2,712.9 4,927.2 3,926.9 8,638.8 7,237.3 6,766.7 5,676.7 6,538.0 9,507.6 6,033.3 6,409.3

2,617.7 2,562.9 4,159.2 3,543.3 7,270.0 5,024.8 5,674.0 5,280.1 5,669.3 7,028.2 6,175.0 5,707.5

47,163.0 42,218.6 47,911.4 47,482.1 49,593.9 45,358.4 48,387.5 46,218.3 46,273.3 52,225.5 48,809.6 49,276.9

44,545.3 39,655.7 43,752.2 43,938.8 42,323.9 40,333.6 42,713.5 40,938.2 40,604.0 45,197.3 42,634.6 43,569.4

-927.1 -461.0 905.1 1,447.6 1,130.5 1,183.8 357.0 100.6 872.5 1,646.8 -697.2 437.6

968.4 628.9 -222.3 -1,088.6 193.6 957.2 776.5 475.2 319.9 786.0 588.8 419.6

-327.3 -17.9 85.2 24.6 44.7 71.5 -40.8 -179.2 -323.7 46.6 -33.3 -135.6

2014P 1

3,606.5

3,321.7

47,238.5

43,916.8

-587.7

693.4

179.1

Period

2011 2012 2013P

66

Exports

Imports

E c o n o m i c B u l le t i n

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10 Balance of payments (II) (US$ million) Capital & financial account

Direct investment

Portfolio investment

Financial derivatives

Other investment

2011 2012 2013P

-26,778.0 -50,830.1 -72,853.5

-16,410.0 -18,923.9 -13,062.3

13,109.3 6,863.2 -6,940.4

-1,031.3 2,627.8 3,839.7

-8,468.6 -28,756.0 -41,768.6

-24.7 543.4 -410.6

-13,952.8 -13,184.5 -14,478.5

2011 Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ Ⅳ

900.3 -3,747.9 -10,291.2 -13,639.2

-5,503.5 -4,143.6 -2,701.2 -4,061.7

-470.4 4,045.6 8,334.0 1,200.1

922.4 -160.6 -1,535.5 -257.6

9,666.0 -718.8 -20,833.7 3,417.9

-194.9 -152.4 119.0 203.6

-3,519.4 -2,618.0 6,326.1 -14,141.5

2012 Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ Ⅳ

-2,315.7 -7,606.3 -17,064.8 -23,843.3

-7,507.2 -2,689.2 -5,359.6 -3,367.9

14,771.1 -6,775.4 4,224.4 -5,356.9

1,198.5 -270.6 595.3 1,104.6

-4,497.2 1,173.1 -12,686.9 -12,745.0

166.9 284.7 78.6 13.2

-6,447.8 671.1 -3,916.5 -3,491.3

2013P Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ Ⅳ

-10,901.4 -19,112.7 -19,643.3 -23,196.1

-4,065.9 -2,554.7 -3,124.4 -3,317.3

-5,769.9 -8,374.8 9,272.8 -2,068.5

1,418.9 -604.6 1,694.0 1,331.4

1,294.3 -11,584.9 -20,788.4 -10,722.4

152.0 -59.6 -119.1 -383.9

-3,930.8 4,065.9 -6,578.2 -8,035.4

2012 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

-427.0 1,743.6 -3,632.3 -45.9 -3,241.9 -4,318.5 -9,147.2 -2,228.2 -5,689.4 -6,832.7 -11,468.7 -5,541.9

-2,293.9 -3,571.9 -1,641.4 -856.5 -1,132.5 -700.2 -1,656.2 -1,637.6 -2,065.8 -938.0 -1,324.1 -1,105.8

7,905.5 6,245.8 619.8 -3,105.1 -1,881.8 -1,788.5 1,741.4 670.8 1,812.2 -4,733.5 -3,876.8 3,253.4

452.6 245.8 500.1 215.0 -480.7 -4.9 358.8 -35.5 272.0 -137.8 631.8 610.6

-4,040.4 996.0 -1,452.8 3,738.1 -1,159.8 -1,405.2 -8,292.0 -140.9 -4,254.0 458.8 -4,307.7 -8,896.1

11.3 54.5 101.1 102.7 144.1 37.9 36.7 9.6 32.3 -6.1 5.9 13.4

-2,462.1 -2,226.6 -1,759.1 -140.1 1,268.8 -457.6 -1,335.9 -1,094.6 -1,486.0 -1,476.1 -2,597.8 582.6

2013P 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

-910.3 -3,269.1 -6,722.0 -2,606.4 -11,596.0 -4,910.3 -7,442.6 -7,593.4 -4,607.3 -10,128.3 -6,467.5 -6,600.3

-1,417.7 -777.8 -1,870.4 303.3 -1,482.2 -1,375.8 -981.0 -915.2 -1,228.2 54.2 -1,862.2 -1,509.3

-4,374.3 1,993.5 -3,389.1 -1,917.5 -1,171.9 -5,285.4 1,847.4 1,438.4 5,987.0 4,504.4 -1,408.8 -5,164.1

586.9 686.9 145.1 -313.2 649.2 -940.6 443.3 218.1 1,032.6 713.1 14.0 604.3

4,643.9 -3,218.3 -131.3 -1,584.7 -8,534.9 -1,465.3 -6,641.3 -6,717.8 -7,429.3 -10,659.6 -229.7 166.9

48.5 37.8 65.7 -36.8 -16.8 -6.0 -119.5 66.8 -66.4 -40.5 -134.8 -208.6

-397.6 -1,991.2 -1,542.0 942.5 -1,039.4 4,162.8 -1,991.5 -1,683.7 -2,903.0 -4,699.9 -2,846.0 -489.5

2014P 1

-2,185.6

1,131.6

-4,267.3

155.5

3,702.9

-1.6

-2,906.7

Period

Capital transfers & acquisition of Reserve assets nonfinancial assets

67 Statistical Appendices

P: Preliminary Source: The Bank of Korea

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Statistical A ppendic es 11 Prices (2010=100) Consumer Prices Period

All Items

Commodity

y-o-y change (%)

Producer prices

Services

y-o-y change (%)

Core

y-o-y change (%)

All Items

y-o-y change (%)

Commodity

y-o-y change (%)

y-o-y change (%)

2011

104.0

4.0

105.7

5.7

102.7

2.7

103.2

3.2

106.7

6.7

108.7

2012

106.3

2.2

108.9

3.0

104.2

1.4

104.9

1.6

107.5

0.7

108.9

8.7 0.2

2013

107.7

1.3

110.1

1.0

105.8

1.5

106.6

1.6

105.7

-1.6

106.2

-2.5

2011 7

104.3

4.5

105.9

6.4

103.1

2.9

103.7

3.6

107.2

7.0

109.3

9.1

8

105.0

4.7

107.1

6.8

103.3

3.0

103.8

3.5

107.4

6.9

109.5

8.9

9

104.9

3.8

107.1

5.0

103.1

2.7

103.7

3.3

107.4

6.3

109.6

8.0

10

104.7

3.6

106.6

4.5

103.2

2.8

103.6

3.2

107.3

5.8

109.4

7.4

68

11

104.8

4.2

106.8

6.0

103.3

2.7

103.9

3.5

107.0

5.1

108.9

6.5

12

105.2

4.2

107.3

5.7

103.5

2.8

104.3

3.6

107.1

4.3

109.0

5.3

E c o n o m i c B u l le t i n

2012 1

105.7

3.4

107.9

4.4

103.9

2.7

104.6

3.2

107.7

3.2

109.5

3.6

2

106.1

3.1

108.5

3.9

104.2

2.5

104.7

2.5

108.4

3.1

110.5

3.6

3

106.0

2.6

109.2

4.1

103.5

1.4

104.3

1.9

108.9

2.4

111.2

2.7

4

106.0

2.5

108.9

4.1

103.7

1.3

104.4

1.8

109.0

1.9

111.1

1.9

5

106.2

2.5

109.2

4.3

103.9

1.3

104.6

1.6

108.4

1.0

110.3

0.7

6

106.1

2.2

108.8

3.6

104.0

1.2

104.9

1.5

107.1

0.0

108.4

-0.7

7

105.9

1.5

107.9

1.9

104.2

1.1

104.9

1.2

106.6

-0.6

107.6

-1.5

8

106.3

1.2

108.8

1.6

104.4

1.1

105.1

1.3

107.2

-0.1

108.6

-0.9

9

107.0

2.0

110.4

3.1

104.4

1.3

105.2

1.4

107.6

0.2

109.2

-0.4

10

106.9

2.1

109.8

3.0

104.6

1.4

105.2

1.5

106.8

-0.5

107.8

-1.4

11

106.5

1.6

108.9

2.0

104.6

1.3

105.3

1.3

106.1

-0.9

106.8

-1.9

12

106.7

1.4

109.0

1.6

104.8

1.3

105.5

1.2

105.8

-1.2

106.4

-2.3

2013 1

107.3

1.6

109.9

1.7

105.3

1.5

105.9

1.3

106.0

-1.6

106.8

-2.5

2

107.7

1.6

110.4

1.6

105.6

1.5

106.2

1.4

106.7

-1.6

107.8

-2.5

3

107.6

1.5

110.4

1.1

105.4

1.7

106.0

1.6

106.3

-2.4

107.1

-3.7

4

107.5

1.3

109.9

0.9

105.6

1.7

106.0

1.6

105.9

-2.8

106.6

-4.1

5

107.5

1.1

109.6

0.4

105.7

1.8

106.4

1.7

105.6

-2.6

106.1

-3.8

6

107.3

1.2

109.4

0.7

105.7

1.6

106.6

1.6

105.5

-1.4

106.0

-2.2

7

107.6

1.6

109.7

1.7

105.9

1.5

106.7

1.7

105.5

-1.0

106.0

-1.6

8

107.9

1.5

110.3

1.5

106.1

1.5

106.7

1.5

105.8

-1.3

106.2

-2.1

9

108.1

1.0

110.9

0.4

106.0

1.5

107.0

1.7

105.7

-1.8

106.1

-2.8

10

107.8

0.9

110.1

0.3

106.0

1.4

107.1

1.8

105.3

-1.4

105.5

-2.2

11

107.8

1.2

110.1

1.0

106.0

1.3

107.4

2.0

105.1

-0.9

105.2

-1.5

12

107.8

1.2

110.1

1.0

106.0

1.3

107.4

2.0

105.1

-0.9

105.2

-1.5

2014 1

108.5

1.1

110.9

0.9

106.6

1.3

107.7

1.7

105.6

-0.3

105.7

-1.0

Source: The Bank of Korea

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12 Employment

Period

Economically active persons (thousand)

Employed persons (thousand) All industry

y-o-y change (%)

Manufacturing

y-o-y change (%)

SOC & services

y-o-y change (%)

y-o-y change (%)

Unemployment (%)

25,099

1.4

24,244

1.7

4,091

1.6

18,595

2.1

3.4

2012

25,501

1.6

24,681

1.8

4,105

0.3

19,033

2.4

3.2

2013

25,873

1.5

25,066

1.6

4,184

1.9

19,347

1.6

3.1

2011 7

25,473

1.0

24,636

1.4

4,079

1.0

18,844

1.9

3.3

8

25,257

1.7

24,495

2.0

4,031

-0.7

18,739

3.1

3.0

9

25,076

0.7

24,318

1.1

4,014

-1.2

18,595

2.1

3.0

10

25,409

1.6

24,673

2.1

4,044

-1.3

18,856

3.2

2.9

11

25,318

1.9

24,589

2.0

4,054

-2.1

18,921

3.2

2.9

12

24,880

1.4

24,125

1.9

4,071

-2.1

18,833

3.1

3.0

2012 1

24,585

2.0

23,732

2.3

4,034

-2.8

18,631

3.5

3.5

2

24,825

1.6

23,783

1.9

4,060

-2.1

18,599

3.2

4.2

3

25,210

1.2

24,265

1.8

4,018

-2.5

18,870

3.4

3.7

4

25,653

1.6

24,758

1.9

4,027

-2.0

19,103

3.1

3.5

5

25,939

1.8

25,133

1.9

4,071

-1.6

19,292

3.0

3.1

6

25,939

1.4

25,117

1.5

4,084

-1.2

19,248

2.3

3.2

7

25,901

1.7

25,106

1.9

4,114

0.8

19,265

2.2

3.1

8

25,623

1.4

24,859

1.5

4,111

2.0

19,040

1.6

3.0

9

25,755

2.7

25,003

2.8

4,153

3.5

19,125

2.8

2.9

10

25,787

1.5

25,069

1.6

4,188

3.6

19,128

1.4

2.8

11

25,652

1.3

24,941

1.4

4,218

4.0

19,088

0.9

2.8

12

25,139

1.0

24,402

1.1

4,183

2.8

19,010

0.9

2.9

2013 1

24,901

1.3

24,054

1.4

4,189

3.9

18,810

1.0

3.4

2

24,973

0.6

23,984

0.8

4,139

1.9

18,736

0.7

4.0

3

25,397

0.7

24,514

1.0

4,141

3.1

18,989

0.6

3.5

4

25,928

1.1

25,103

1.4

4,192

4.1

19,303

1.0

3.2

5

26,195

1.0

25,398

1.1

4,175

2.6

19,492

1.0

3.0

6

26,291

1.4

25,478

1.4

4,180

2.3

19,531

1.5

3.1

7

26,301

1.5

25,473

1.5

4,167

1.3

19,577

1.6

3.1

8

26,074

1.7

25,291

1.7

4,116

0.1

19,438

2.1

3.0

9

26,186

1.7

25,466

1.9

4,174

0.5

19,540

2.2

2.7

10

26,268

1.9

25,545

1.9

4,218

0.7

19,558

2.2

2.8

11

26,230

2.3

25,530

2.4

4,253

0.8

19,670

3.0

2.7

12

25,736

2.4

24,962

2.3

4,264

2.0

19,514

2.7

3.0

2014 1

25,650

3.0

24,759

2.9

4,280

2.2

19,376

3.0

3.5

2

25,997

4.1

24,819

3.5

4,274

3.3

19,407

3.6

4.5

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2011

Source: Statistics Korea

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Statistical A ppendic es 13 Financial indicators (period average) Period

70

Yields(%)

Stock

E c o n o m i c B u l le t i n

Call rate (1 day)

CD (91 days)

Corporate bonds (3 years, AA-)

Treasury bonds (3 years)

Treasury bonds (5 years)

KOSPI(end-period)

2010 7 8 9 10 11 12

2.2 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.5

2.6 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.8

4.8 4.7 4.4 4.1 4.2 4.2

3.9 3.7 3.5 3.2 3.4 3.3

4.5 4.3 3.9 3.7 4.0 4.0

1,759.33 1,742.75 1,872.81 1,882.95 1,904.63 2,051.00

2011 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

2.7 2.8 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.3

2.9 3.1 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6

4.5 4.7 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.2

3.7 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.4

4.3 4.4 4.1 4.1 4.0 3.9 4.0 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5

2,069.73 1,939.30 2,106.70 2,192.36 2,142.47 2,100.69 2,133.21 1,880.11 1,769.65 1,909.03 1,847.51 1,825.74

2012 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.8

3.6 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.1 2.9 2.9 2.9

4.2 4.3 4.4 4.3 4.0 3.9 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3

3.4 3.4 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.9

3.5 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.1 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.0

1,955.79 2,030.25 2,014.04 1,981.99 1,843.47 1,854.01 1,881.99 1,905.12 1,996.21 1,912.06 1,932.90 1,997.05

2013 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

2.8 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5

2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7

3.2 3.1 3.0 2.9 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.4

2.8 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.9 2.9

2.9 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.7 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.2

1,961.94 2,026.49 2,004.89 1,963.95 2,001.05 1,863.32 1,914.03 1,926.36 1,996.96 2,030.09 2,044.87 2,044.87

2014 1 2

2.5 2.5

2.7 2.7

3.3 3.3

2.9 2.9

3.3 3.2

1,941.15 1,979.99

Source: The Bank of Korea

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14 Monetary indicators (billion won) Period

Reserve money

M1

y-o-y change (%)

M2 y-o-y change (%)

Lf y-o-y change (%)

y-o-y change (%)

2011

75,232.0

11.3

425,675.1

6.6

1,708,984.5

4.2

2,208,170.4

5.3

2012

82,131.1

9.2

441,963.6

3.8

1,798,625.7

5.2

2,379,518.7

7.8

2013

91,379.4

11.3

484,062.9

9.5

1,885,781.3

4.8

2,543,299.4

6.9

2011 7

74,069.7

10.6

418,973.1

3.8

1,705,451.5

3.2

2,208,624.3

4.6

8

75,642.3

12.4

422,649.3

5.4

1,719,437.8

4.0

2,230,191.9

5.5

77,942.2

10.9

425,196.4

5.1

1,729,531.1

4.2

2,243,675.6

5.7

76,944.6

10.1

421,480.1

4.1

1,742,645.4

4.4

2,263,627.7

6.1

11

76,617.3

10.3

423,111.9

2.0

1,753,296.4

4.4

2,279,234.1

6.2

12

77,842.5

8.9

432,602.2

1.6

1,756,597.4

4.4

2,288,816.9

6.2

2012 1

81,635.4

11.0

439,352.9

2.3

1,757,058.7

4.8

2,292,213.5

6.5

2

81,655.3

8.3

437,193.9

1.1

1,762,988.4

5.3

2,302,065.8

7.2

3

79,068.0

8.3

440,075.4

2.1

1,773,172.9

5.7

2,341,626.9

8.8

4

80,641.8

10.2

437,445.3

2.8

1,777,114.7

5.5

2,349,723.2

8.6

5

80,547.7

9.1

438,795.3

3.5

1,784,220.5

5.5

2,357,701.0

8.4

6

81,804.0

9.5

441,611.0

4.7

1,796,981.5

5.9

2,377,071.3

8.5

7

81,555.7

10.1

441,760.6

5.4

1,807,289.2

6.0

2,393,737.7

8.4

8

82,369.1

8.9

439,573.2

4.0

1,817,134.9

5.7

2,405,239.9

7.8

9

82,958.7

6.4

440,034.3

3.5

1,819,290.1

5.2

2,415,263.5

7.6

10

85,078.6

10.6

444,477.8

5.5

1,822,420.9

4.6

2,424,000.4

7.1

11

82,956.5

8.3

445,463.9

5.3

1,830,280.3

4.4

2,440,062.8

7.1

12

85,302.7

9.6

457,778.9

5.8

1,835,556.7

4.5

2,455,962.9

7.3

2013 1

85,839.3

5.1

464,914.5

5.8

1,841,128.1

4.8

2,469,789.3

7.7

2

88,855.7

8.8

472,239.6

8.0

1,857,135.0

5.3

2,488,539.0

8.1

3

89,523.5

13.2

472,430.1

7.4

1,862,405.5

5.0

2,499,718.1

6.8

4

87,729.0

8.8

475,330.0

8.7

1,867,726.3

5.1

2,512,459.7

6.9

5

89,654.8

11.3

475,526.7

8.4

1,870,289.7

4.8

2,518,239.1

6.8

6

91,207.6

11.5

486,587.5

10.2

1,884,193.2

4.9

2,533,750.8

6.6

7

90,643.7

11.1

488,982.7

10.7

1,890,728.6

4.6

2,549,443.5

6.5

8

93,729.6

13.8

481,416.9

9.5

1,888,658.4

3.9

2,557,336.3

6.3

9

95,130.6

14.7

490,518.7

11.5

1,903,187.1

4.6

2,577,546.7

6.7

10

93,640.4

10.1

491,947.9

10.7

1,908,557.6

4.7

2,587,071.4

6.7

11

93,609.9

12.8

499,242.7

12.1

1,923,339.2

5.1

2,605,873.9

6.8

12

96,988.5

13.7

509,617.9

11.3

1,932,026.4

5.3

2,619,029.5

6.6

2014 1

98,541.6

14.8

515,742.5

10.9

1,937,045.6

5.2

2,635,100.1

6.7

71 Statistical Appendices

9 10

Source: The Bank of Korea

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Statistical A ppendic es 15 Exchange rates (end-period) \/US$ Period

72

\/100￥

\/Euro

Won

y-o-y change (%)

Won

y-o-y change (%)

Won

y-o-y change (%)

2011

1,153.3

1.3

1,485.2

6.3

1,494.1

-1.3

2012

1,071.1

-7.1

1,247.5

-16.0

1,416.3

-5.2

2013

1,055.3

-1.5

1,004.7

-19.5

1,456.3

2.8

2011 7

1,052.6

-11.3

1,353.2

-1.2

1,507.9

-2.9

8

1,071.7

-9.9

1,396.8

-0.7

1,547.3

2.7

E c o n o m i c B u l le t i n

9

1,179.5

3.3

1,536.6

12.7

1,601.4

2.9

10

1,104.5

-2.0

1,458.0

4.8

1,562.7

-0.4

11

1,150.3

-0.6

1,475.7

7.4

1,532.9

1.0

12

1,153.3

1.3

1,485.2

6.3

1,494.1

-1.3

2012 1

1,125.0

1.0

1,473.1

8.6

1,478.2

-2.4

2

1,126.5

-0.1

1,399.2

1.3

1,516.3

-2.1

3

1,137.8

2.8

1,380.7

3.7

1,513.4

-3.2

4

1,134.2

5.8

1,412.0

7.5

1,501.7

-5.6

5

1,177.8

9.0

1,489.1

11.5

1,456.6

-6.0

6

1,153.8

7.0

1,453.8

8.8

1,435.0

-8.0

7

1,136.2

7.9

1,453.6

7.4

1,393.1

-7.6

8

1,134.6

5.9

1,444.0

3.4

1,419.6

-8.3

9

1,118.6

-5.2

1,441.1

-6.2

1,444.3

-9.8

10

1,094.1

-0.9

1,374.5

-5.7

1,418.3

-9.2

11

1,084.7

-5.7

1,320.6

-10.5

1,407.3

-8.2

12

1,071.1

-7.1

1,247.5

-16.0

1,416.3

-5.2

2013 1

1,082.7

-3.8

1,188.5

-19.3

1,469.3

-0.6

2

1,085.4

-3.6

1,176.2

-15.9

1,425.8

-6.0

3

1,112.1

-2.3

1,180.1

-14.5

1,425.2

-5.8

4

1,108.1

-2.3

1,132.0

-19.8

1,451.3

-3.4

5

1,128.3

-4.2

1,116.6

-25.0

1,471.4

1.0

6

1,149.7

-0.4

1,167.2

-19.7

1,498.2

4.4

7

1,113.6

-2.0

1,135.4

-21.9

1,476.7

6.0

8

1,110.9

-2.1

1,129.2

-21.8

1,470.6

3.6

9

1,075.6

-3.8

1,098.7

-23.8

1,451.3

0.5

10

1,061.4

-3.0

1,077.5

-21.6

1,456.6

2.7

11

1,062.1

-2.1

1,038.2

-21.4

1,444.8

2.7

12

1,061.4

-3.0

1,077.5

-21.6

1,456.6

2.7

2014 1

1,079.2

-0.3

1,043.7

-12.2

1,473.6

0.3

2

1,067.7

-1.6

1,044.8

-11.2

1,463.6

2.7

Source: The Bank of Korea

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Hahoe masks The Hahoe mask, which is part of Korea’s rich cultural heritage, is a wooden mask used as props in traditional mask dances. Hahoe masks comes in various forms, each of which represents a certain social position or occupation. Examples include the yangbantal (nobleman),

gaksital (bride) and baekjeongtal (butcher).

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Ministry of Strategy and Finance http://english.mosf.go.kr

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Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy http://www.motie.go.kr/language/eng

Ministry of Employment and Labor http://www.moel.go.kr/english

Financial Services Commission http://www.fsc.go.kr/eng

The Bank of Korea http://www.bok.or.kr/eng

Financial Supervisory Service http://english.fss.or.kr

Statistics Korea http://kostat.go.kr/portal/english

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