REPUBLIC OF KOREA CURRENT ECONOMIC SITUATION IN KOREA, September 2024 ● PRODUCTION & CONSUMPTION (Jul 2024, MoM) - ALL INDUSTRY PRODUCTION : -0.4%(+2.7% YoY) - RETAIL SALES : -1.9%(-2.1% YoY) ● INVESTMENT TREND (Jul 2024, MoM) - FACILITY INVESTMENT : +10.1%(+18.5% YoY) - CONSTRUCTION INVESTMENT : -1.7%(-5.3% YoY) ● EXPORT (Aug 2024, US$ billion, YoY) - EXPORTS : $57.90 +11.4% - AVERAGE DAILY EXPORTS : $2.46 +13.7% ● EMPLOYMENT (Aug 2024, YoY) - EMPLOYMENT : 63.2% +0.1%p - UNEMPLOYMENT : 1.9% -0.1%p ● CONSUMER SENTIMENT INDEX (CSI) & THE BUSINESS SURVEY INDEX (BSI) (Aug 2024, MoM) - CSI : 100.8 -2.8p - BSI : 92.5 -2.6p ● CYCLICAL COMPONENT OF COMPOSITE INDEX (Jul 2024, MoM) - COMPOSITE COINCIDENT INDEX : 98.4 -0.6p - COMPOSITE LEADING INDEX : 100.6 +0.0p ● CONSUMER PRICES (Aug 2024, YoY) - CONSUMER PRICE INFLATION : +2.0% - CORE INFLATION : +1.9% ● HOUSING PRICES (Jul 2024, MoM) - HOUSING PRICES : +0.15% - JEONSE PRICES(Lump-sum deposits with no monthly payments) : +0.16%