SEOUL, Nov 4 (Reuters) - The following South Korean economic
indicators and events are scheduled for release soon:
DATE LOCAL/GMT INDICATOR/EVENT PERIOD FORECAST PREV
-------------------------- Nov 2 week --------------------------
06/11 1200/ 0300 L money supply Sept n/a 13.3%
growth (yr/yr)
07/11 ^1000/ 0100 BOK Base rate Nov n/a 4.25%
-------------------------- Nov 9 week --------------------------
12/11 1330/ 0430 Unemployment rate Oct n/a 3.1%
^ Expected time
The following is a list of the latest South Korean economic data (figures for latest periods subject to revision):
MONTHLY DATA:
Export growth (yr/yr pct)
Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb
10.0 28.2 18.2 35.6 16.5 26.9 26.4 18.5 18.9
Import growth (yr/yr pct)
Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb
12.0 45.8 36.4 47.2 32.7 29.6 29.2 26.6 28.3
Trade balance ($1 bln)
Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb
1.22 -2.06 -3.80 -2.04 -0.57 0.70 -0.38 -1.09
1.42
Industrial output growth (yr/yr pct)
Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan
6.1 1.9 8.7 6.6 8.6 10.7 10.3 10.3 11.2
Industrial output growth (mth/mth pct, seasonally adjusted)
Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan
-0.6 -2.2 -0.3 0.1 -0.6 1.0 1.1 -0.2 2.1
Service sector output growth (yr/yr pct)
Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan
3.0 1.5 3.9 2.9 4.8 6.0 5.7 5.9 7.4
Service sector output growth
(mth/mth pct, seasonally adjusted)
Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan
0.2 -1.2 1.0 -0.1 0.0 0.2 0.3
0.8 0.7
Consumer price index growth (yr/yr pct)
Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb
4.8 5.1 5.6 5.9 5.5 4.9 4.1 3.9 3.6
Consumer price index growth
(mth/mth pct, non-seasonally adjusted)
Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb
-0.1 0.1 -0.2 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.9 0.4
Producer price index growth (yr/yr pct)
Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan
11.3 12.3 12.5 10.5 9.0 7.6 6.0 5.1 4.2
Producer price index growth (mth/mth pct)
Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan
-0.3 -0.3 1.9 1.6 1.9 2.1 1.3 1.0 0.6
Import price index growth (yr/yr pct)
Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan
42.6 42.6 50.6 49.0 44.6 31.3 28.0 22.2 21.2
Import price index growth (mth/mth pct)
Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan
2.3
4.4 1.1 2.7 10.7 3.8 8.2 2.7 3.0
Export price index growth (yr/yr pct)
Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan
27.4 21.9 25.1 25.2 24.0 15.7 13.4 7.6 5.8
Export price index growth (mth/mth pct)
Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan
4.6
1.4 0.1 1.1 7.2 2.4 6.3 1.2 1.8
Unemployment rate (pct, seasonally adjusted)
Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan
3.1 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.0
Current account balance ($mln, seasonally adjusted)
Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan
-2,521 -4,805 -1,879 159 -1,014 2,735 77 -1,497 -2,192
Foreign exchange reserves ($bln, at month-end)
Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb
212.3 239.7 243.2 247.5 258.1 258.2 260.5 264.2 262.4
Bank of Korea's manufacturing business survey index
(seasonally adjusted)
Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar
65 76 78 80 81 88 87 83 86
Bank of Korea's consumer sentiment index
Oct Sept Aug Jul Q2 Q1 Q4 Q3 Q2
88 96 96 84 85 102 103 108 105
L money supply growth (yr/yr pct)
Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan Dec
13.3 13.2 12.7 14.2 14.6 12.9 13.2 13.0 11.5
QUARTERLY DATA:
GDP growth (yr/yr pct)
Q3/2008 Q2/2008 Q1/2008 Q4/2007 Q3/2007 Q2/2007
3.9 4.8 5.8 5.7 5.1 4.9
GDP growth (qtr/qtr pct, seasonally adjusted)
Q3/2008 Q2/2008 Q1/2008 Q4/2007 Q3/2007 Q2/2007
0.6 0.8 0.8 1.6 1.5 1.7
ANNUAL DATA:
GDP growth (pct)
2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999
5.0 5.1 4.2 4.7 3.1 7.0 3.8 8.5 9.5
Fiscal balance (pct of annual GDP)
2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999
0.4 -1.3 -1.0 -0.5 0.1 0.7 -1.3 -1.0
3.9
Following are 2008 forecasts for the South Korean economy, released by major organisations or compiled by Reuters: (percent growth from a year earlier unless stated otherwise):
*GDP ^CPI ~C/A
Bank of Korea (July 1) 4.6 4.8 -9.0
Finance Ministry (July 2) 4.7 4.5 -10.0
Korea Development Institute (May 12) 4.8 4.1 -0.6
International Monetary Fund (Oct. 8) 4.1 4.8 -12.7
United Nations (Jan. 10) 5.0 2.8 =
OECD (June 4) 4.3 4.0 -0.9
Asian Development Bank (Sept. 16) 4.6 4.7 =
World Bank (April 1) 4.6 = =
Reuters poll (Sept 30) 4.5 5.0 =
Historical data:
2007 estimated (Bank of Korea) 5.0 2.5 6.0
2006 provisional 5.1 2.2 5.4
2005 actual 4.2 2.8 15.0
Notes:
OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
* gross domestic product growth over a year earlier
^ average percentage growth in the consumer price index
~ current account balance in billion U.S. dollars
= no forecast
Dates in brackets show when the forecast was made.
Sources: Ministry of Finance and Economy
Bank of Korea
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy
Ministry of Labour
National Statistical Office
(Reporting by Cheon Jong-woo; Editing by Yoo Choonsik) Keywords: KOREA ECONOMY/DATA (jongwoo.cheon@thomsonreuters.com; +82 2 3704 5665; Reuters Messaging;jongwoo.cheon.reuters.com@reuters.net) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2008. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
DATE LOCAL/GMT INDICATOR/EVENT PERIOD FORECAST PREV
-------------------------- Nov 2 week --------------------------
06/11 1200/ 0300 L money supply Sept n/a 13.3%
growth (yr/yr)
07/11 ^1000/ 0100 BOK Base rate Nov n/a 4.25%
-------------------------- Nov 9 week --------------------------
12/11 1330/ 0430 Unemployment rate Oct n/a 3.1%
^ Expected time
The following is a list of the latest South Korean economic data (figures for latest periods subject to revision):
MONTHLY DATA:
Export growth (yr/yr pct)
Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb
10.0 28.2 18.2 35.6 16.5 26.9 26.4 18.5 18.9
Import growth (yr/yr pct)
Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb
12.0 45.8 36.4 47.2 32.7 29.6 29.2 26.6 28.3
Trade balance ($1 bln)
Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb
1.22 -2.06 -3.80 -2.04 -0.57 0.70 -0.38 -1.09
1.42
Industrial output growth (yr/yr pct)
Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan
6.1 1.9 8.7 6.6 8.6 10.7 10.3 10.3 11.2
Industrial output growth (mth/mth pct, seasonally adjusted)
Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan
-0.6 -2.2 -0.3 0.1 -0.6 1.0 1.1 -0.2 2.1
Service sector output growth (yr/yr pct)
Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan
3.0 1.5 3.9 2.9 4.8 6.0 5.7 5.9 7.4
Service sector output growth
(mth/mth pct, seasonally adjusted)
Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan
0.2 -1.2 1.0 -0.1 0.0 0.2 0.3
0.8 0.7
Consumer price index growth (yr/yr pct)
Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb
4.8 5.1 5.6 5.9 5.5 4.9 4.1 3.9 3.6
Consumer price index growth
(mth/mth pct, non-seasonally adjusted)
Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb
-0.1 0.1 -0.2 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.9 0.4
Producer price index growth (yr/yr pct)
Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan
11.3 12.3 12.5 10.5 9.0 7.6 6.0 5.1 4.2
Producer price index growth (mth/mth pct)
Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan
-0.3 -0.3 1.9 1.6 1.9 2.1 1.3 1.0 0.6
Import price index growth (yr/yr pct)
Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan
42.6 42.6 50.6 49.0 44.6 31.3 28.0 22.2 21.2
Import price index growth (mth/mth pct)
Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan
2.3
4.4 1.1 2.7 10.7 3.8 8.2 2.7 3.0
Export price index growth (yr/yr pct)
Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan
27.4 21.9 25.1 25.2 24.0 15.7 13.4 7.6 5.8
Export price index growth (mth/mth pct)
Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan
4.6
1.4 0.1 1.1 7.2 2.4 6.3 1.2 1.8
Unemployment rate (pct, seasonally adjusted)
Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan
3.1 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.0
Current account balance ($mln, seasonally adjusted)
Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan
-2,521 -4,805 -1,879 159 -1,014 2,735 77 -1,497 -2,192
Foreign exchange reserves ($bln, at month-end)
Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb
212.3 239.7 243.2 247.5 258.1 258.2 260.5 264.2 262.4
Bank of Korea's manufacturing business survey index
(seasonally adjusted)
Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar
65 76 78 80 81 88 87 83 86
Bank of Korea's consumer sentiment index
Oct Sept Aug Jul Q2 Q1 Q4 Q3 Q2
88 96 96 84 85 102 103 108 105
L money supply growth (yr/yr pct)
Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan Dec
13.3 13.2 12.7 14.2 14.6 12.9 13.2 13.0 11.5
QUARTERLY DATA:
GDP growth (yr/yr pct)
Q3/2008 Q2/2008 Q1/2008 Q4/2007 Q3/2007 Q2/2007
3.9 4.8 5.8 5.7 5.1 4.9
GDP growth (qtr/qtr pct, seasonally adjusted)
Q3/2008 Q2/2008 Q1/2008 Q4/2007 Q3/2007 Q2/2007
0.6 0.8 0.8 1.6 1.5 1.7
ANNUAL DATA:
GDP growth (pct)
2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999
5.0 5.1 4.2 4.7 3.1 7.0 3.8 8.5 9.5
Fiscal balance (pct of annual GDP)
2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999
0.4 -1.3 -1.0 -0.5 0.1 0.7 -1.3 -1.0
3.9
Following are 2008 forecasts for the South Korean economy, released by major organisations or compiled by Reuters: (percent growth from a year earlier unless stated otherwise):
*GDP ^CPI ~C/A
Bank of Korea (July 1) 4.6 4.8 -9.0
Finance Ministry (July 2) 4.7 4.5 -10.0
Korea Development Institute (May 12) 4.8 4.1 -0.6
International Monetary Fund (Oct. 8) 4.1 4.8 -12.7
United Nations (Jan. 10) 5.0 2.8 =
OECD (June 4) 4.3 4.0 -0.9
Asian Development Bank (Sept. 16) 4.6 4.7 =
World Bank (April 1) 4.6 = =
Reuters poll (Sept 30) 4.5 5.0 =
Historical data:
2007 estimated (Bank of Korea) 5.0 2.5 6.0
2006 provisional 5.1 2.2 5.4
2005 actual 4.2 2.8 15.0
Notes:
OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
* gross domestic product growth over a year earlier
^ average percentage growth in the consumer price index
~ current account balance in billion U.S. dollars
= no forecast
Dates in brackets show when the forecast was made.
Sources: Ministry of Finance and Economy
Bank of Korea
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy
Ministry of Labour
National Statistical Office
(Reporting by Cheon Jong-woo; Editing by Yoo Choonsik) Keywords: KOREA ECONOMY/DATA (jongwoo.cheon@thomsonreuters.com; +82 2 3704 5665; Reuters Messaging;jongwoo.cheon.reuters.com@reuters.net) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2008. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.