REPUBLIC OF KOREA CURRENT ECONOMIC SITUATION IN KOREA, April 2024 ● PRODUCTION & CONSUMPTION (Feb 2024, MoM) - ALL INDUSTRY PRODUCTION : +1.3%(+2.0% YoY) - RETAIL SALES : -3.1%(-0.9% YoY) ● INVESTMENT TREND (Feb 2024, MoM) - FACILITY INVESTMENT : +10.3%(-0.3% YoY) - CONSTRUCTION INVESTMENT : -1.9%(+0.5% YoY) ● EXPORT (Mar 2024, US$ billion, YoY) - EXPORTS : $56.56 +3.1% - AVERAGE DAILY EXPORTS : $2.51 +9.9% ● EMPLOYMENT (Mar 2024, YoY) - EMPLOYMENT : 62.4% +0.2%p - UNEMPLOYMENT : 3.0% +0.1%p ● CONSUMER SENTIMENT INDEX (CSI) & THE BUSINESS SURVEY INDEX (BSI) (Mar 2024, MoM) - CSI : 100.7 -1.2p - BSI : 71.0 -1.0p ● CYCLICAL COMPONENT OF COMPOSITE INDEX (Feb 2024, MoM) - COMPOSITE COINCIDENT INDEX : 99.9 +0.2p - COMPOSITE LEADING INDEX : 100.4 +0.1p ● CONSUMER PRICES (Mar 2024, YoY) - CONSUMER PRICE INFLATION : +3.1% (+0.0p%) - CORE INFLATION : +2.4% (-0.1p%) ● HOUSING PRICES (Feb 2024, MoM) - HOUSING PRICES : -0.14% - JEONSE PRICES(Lump-sum deposits with no monthly payments) : +0.03%