REPUBLIC OF KOREA CURRENT ECONOMIC SITUATION IN KOREA, March 2024 ● PRODUCTION & CONSUMPTION TREND (JAN 2023, MoM) - ALL INDUSTRY PRODUCTION : +0.4%(+7.3% YoY) - RETAIL SALES : +0.8%(-3.4% YoY) ● INVESTMENT TREND (Jan 2024, MoM) - FACILITY INVESTMENT : -5.6%(+4.1% YoY) - CONSTRUCTION INVESTMENT : +12.4%(-17.6% YoY) ● EXPORT TREND (FEB 2024, US$ billion, YoY) - EXPORTS : $52.41 +4.8% - AVERAGE DAILY EXPORTS : $2.56 +12.5% ● EMPLOYMENT TREND (FEB 2022, YoY) - EMPLOYMENT : 61.6% +0.5%p - UNEMPLOYMENT : 3.2% +0.1%p ● CONSUMER SENTIMENT INDEX (CSI) & THE BUSINESS SURVEY INDEX (BSI) (FEB 2024, MoM) - CSI : 101.9 +0.3p - BSI : 68.0 -1.0p ● CYCLICAL COMPONENT OF COMPOSITE INDEX (JAN 2024, MoM) - COMPOSITE COINCIDENT INDEX : 99.7 +0.1p - COMPOSITE LEADING INDEX : 100.3 +0.0p ● CONSUMER PRICES (FEB 2024, YoY) - CONSUMER PRICE INFLATION : +3.1% (+0.3p%) - CORE INFLATION : +2.5% (+0.0p%) ● HOUSING PRICES (JAN 2024, MoM) - HOUSING PRICES : -0.14% - JEONSE PRICES(Lump-sum deposits with no monthly payments) : +0.05%