[MOEF]
Consumption and services improved in May. Mining and manufacturing slowed down, along with facilities investment and construction investment.
[MOEF]
Ministers met on July 12 to discuss how to respond to Japan’s trade curbs on high tech materials.
[MOEF]
The economically active population marked 28,545,000 in June 2019, and the number of employed persons totaled 27,408,000.
[MOEF]
At the meeting, DPM Hong discussed how to deal with rising trade uncertainties in the 2nd half, along with plans to promote Korean companies’ participating in overseas infrastructure projects.
[BOK]
The Export Price Index declined 2.1 percent from the previous month, and the Import Price Index fell 3.5 percent.
[BOK]
The three-year Treasury yield dropped due to sluggish domestic and international economic indicators, as well as expectations for monetary easing.
[BOK]
Broad Money (M2, seasonally adjusted, period-average) increased 0.4 percent.
[BOK]
As of the end of the 1st quarter of 2019, total financial assets were 17,773.4 trillion won, an increase of 615.4 trillion won compared to the previous quarter.
