REPUBLIC OF KOREA CURRENT ECONOMIC SITUATION IN KOREA, October 2024 ● PRODUCTION & CONSUMPTION (Aug 2024, MoM) - ALL INDUSTRY PRODUCTION : +1.2%(+1.1% YoY) - RETAIL SALES : +1.7%(-1.3% YoY) ● INVESTMENT TREND (Aug 2024, MoM) - FACILITY INVESTMENT : -5.4%(+7.8% YoY) - CONSTRUCTION INVESTMENT : -1.2%(-9.0% YoY) ● EXPORT (Sep 2024, US$ billion, YoY) - EXPORTS : $58.77 +7.5% - AVERAGE DAILY EXPORTS : $2.94 +12.9% ● EMPLOYMENT (Sep 2024, YoY) - EMPLOYMENT : 63.3% +0.1%p - UNEMPLOYMENT : 2.1% -0.2%p ● CONSUMER SENTIMENT INDEX (CSI) & THE BUSINESS SURVEY INDEX (BSI) (Sep 2024, MoM) - CSI : 100.0 -0.8p - BSI : 91.2 -1.3p ● CYCLICAL COMPONENT OF COMPOSITE INDEX (Aug 2024, MoM) - COMPOSITE COINCIDENT INDEX : 98.2 -0.1p - COMPOSITE LEADING INDEX : 100.6 -0.1p ● CONSUMER PRICES (Sep 2024, YoY) - CONSUMER PRICE INFLATION : +1.6% - CORE INFLATION : +2.0% ● HOUSING PRICES (Sep 2024, MoM) - HOUSING PRICES : +0.17% - JEONSE PRICES(Lump-sum deposits with no monthly payments) : +0.19%