MOEF
Deputy Prime Minister Choi Sang-mok attended the 2nd Group of Twenty (G20) Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting on April 17 to 18, in Washington D.C.
MOEF
On April 17, Deputy Prime Minister Choi Sang-mok attended the Ukraine Roundtable and met with Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) President in Washington D.C.
MOEF
On April 17 (local time), Deputy Prime Minister Choi Sang-mok held the first Trilateral Korea-U.S.-Japan Finance Ministers Meeting at the U.S. Department of the Treasury in Washington D.C., with the U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Japanese Finance Minister Suzuki Shunichi.
MOEF
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance, Korea Choi Sang-mok held a dialogue with Japanese Finance Minister Suzuki Shunichi on April 16th (Tues) on the sidelines of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting in Washington D.C.
MOEF
Deputy Prime Minister Choi Sang-mok will depart for Washington D.C., on April 16 to attend the ①Trilateral Korea-U.S.-Japan Finance Ministers Meeting, ②Group of 20 (G20) Finance Ministers Meeting and Central Bank Governors Meeting, and ③World Bank (WB) Development Committee Meeting held from April 17 to 19.
MOEF
The government plans to extend the temporary fuel tax cut, which is set to terminate on April 30 2024, for two more months. Under the extension, the current 25% tax reduction on gasoline and 37% reduction on diesel and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) butane will continue to be in effect until June 30, 2024.
MOEF
Deputy Prime Minister Choi Sang-mok convened the Emergency Ministerial Meeting on Economic Affairs at the Government Complex-Seoul on April 15.
MOEF
In light of Iran’s airstrike on Israel occurred on April 14, Deputy Prime Minister Choi Sang-mok held a review meeting on international economic affairs to check on the situation in the Middle East and discuss policy responses.
BOK
The Export Price Index (KRW basis) increased 0.4 percent from the previous month. The Import Price Index (KRW basis) increased 0.4 percent from the previous month.
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Broad Money (M2, seasonally adjusted, period-average) increased by 0.1%.
