SEOUL, Dec 31 (Reuters) - The following South Korean economic
indicators and events are scheduled for release soon:
DATE LOCAL/GMT INDICATOR/EVENT PERIOD FORECAST PREV
-------------------------- Dec 28 week -------------------------
31/12 1330/ 0430 Consumer price index Dec 3.9% 4.5%
growth (yr/yr)
02/01 1000/ 0100 Export growth (yr/yr) Dec -16.4%
19.0%
--------------------------- Jan 4 week -------------------------
05/01 0600/*2100 Forex reserves end
Dec n/a $200.5b
09/01 ^1000/0100 BOK base rate Jan n/a 3.00%
* GMT on the previous day
DEC INFLATION SEEN AT 9-MTH LOW - South Korea's annual inflation rate probably slid to its lowest level in nine months in December on cheaper oil prices and weakening demand, supporting views of lower interest rates, a Reuters poll shows.
For the full poll, double-click
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DEC EXPORTS SEEN DOWN FOR 2ND MTH - South Korea's exports in December probably fell for the second month in a row for the first time since 2002 in a sign of a deepening impact of the global downturn on Asia's fourth-largest economy, a Reuters poll showed on Tuesday.
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For the full poll, double-click
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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)
Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar
-19.0 8.5 28.2 18.7 36.0 16.6 26.9 26.4 18.4
Import growth (yr/yr pct)
Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar
-14.9 10.4 45.8 37.0 47.2 32.4 28.8 28.6 25.9
Trade balance ($1 bln)
Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar
0.14 1.21 -2.20 -3.79 -2.04 -0.55 0.71 -0.41
1.11
Industrial output growth (yr/yr pct)
Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar
-14.1 -2.3 6.1 1.9 8.7 6.6 8.6 10.7 10.3
Industrial output growth (mth/mth pct, seasonally adjusted)
Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar
-10.7 -2.2 -0.6 -2.2 -0.3 0.1 -0.6 1.0 1.1
Service sector output growth (yr/yr pct)
Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar
-1.6 1.4 3.3 1.4 3.9 2.9 4.8 6.0 5.7
Service sector output growth (mth/mth pct, seasonally adjusted)
Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar
-2.3 -0.2 0.5 -1.3 1.0 -0.1 0.0 0.2 0.3
Consumer price index growth (yr/yr pct)
Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar
4.5 4.8 5.1 5.6 5.9 5.5 4.9 4.1 3.9
Consumer price index growth
(mth/mth pct, non-seasonally adjusted)
Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar
-0.3 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.9
Producer price index growth (yr/yr pct)
Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar
7.8 10.7 11.3 12.3 12.5 10.5 9.0 7.6 6.0
Producer price index growth (mth/mth pct)
Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar
-2.3 -0.3 -0.3 -0.3 1.9 1.6 1.9 2.1 1.3
Import price index growth (yr/yr pct)
Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar
32.0 47.1 42.6 42.6 50.6 49.0 44.6 31.3 28.0
Import price index growth (mth/mth pct)
Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar
-6.6 4.1 2.3 -4.4 1.1 2.7 10.7 3.8 8.2
Export price index growth (yr/yr pct)
Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar
31.5 38.6 27.4 21.9 25.1 25.2 24.0 15.7 13.4
Export price index growth (mth/mth pct)
Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar
-3.3 7.7 4.6 -1.4 0.1 1.1 7.2 2.4 6.3
Unemployment rate (pct, seasonally adjusted)
Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar
3.3 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1
Current account balance ($mln, seasonally adjusted)
Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar
-346 3,260 -2,650 -4,805 -1,879 159 -1,014 2,735 77
Foreign exchange reserves ($bln, at month-end)
Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar
200.5 212.3 239.7 243.2 247.5 258.1 258.2 260.5 264.2
Bank of Korea's manufacturing business survey index
(seasonally adjusted)
Jan Dec Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May
46 53 65 76 78 80 81 88 87
Bank of Korea's consumer sentiment index
Dec Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Q2 Q1 Q4
81 84 88 96 96 84 85 102 103
L money supply growth (yr/yr pct)
Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb
11.5 12.1 13.3 13.2 12.7 14.2 14.6 12.9 13.2
QUARTERLY DATA:
GDP growth (yr/yr pct)
Q3/2008 Q2/2008 Q1/2008 Q4/2007 Q3/2007 Q2/2007
3.8 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
0.5 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
Sources: Ministry of Finance and Economy
Bank of Korea
Ministry of Knowledge Economy
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
-------------------------- Dec 28 week -------------------------
31/12 1330/ 0430 Consumer price index Dec 3.9% 4.5%
growth (yr/yr)
02/01 1000/ 0100 Export growth (yr/yr) Dec -16.4%
19.0%
--------------------------- Jan 4 week -------------------------
05/01 0600/*2100 Forex reserves end
Dec n/a $200.5b
09/01 ^1000/0100 BOK base rate Jan n/a 3.00%
* GMT on the previous day
DEC INFLATION SEEN AT 9-MTH LOW - South Korea's annual inflation rate probably slid to its lowest level in nine months in December on cheaper oil prices and weakening demand, supporting views of lower interest rates, a Reuters poll shows.
For the full poll, double-click
- - - -
DEC EXPORTS SEEN DOWN FOR 2ND MTH - South Korea's exports in December probably fell for the second month in a row for the first time since 2002 in a sign of a deepening impact of the global downturn on Asia's fourth-largest economy, a Reuters poll showed on Tuesday.
- - - -
For the full poll, double-click
- - - -
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)
Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar
-19.0 8.5 28.2 18.7 36.0 16.6 26.9 26.4 18.4
Import growth (yr/yr pct)
Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar
-14.9 10.4 45.8 37.0 47.2 32.4 28.8 28.6 25.9
Trade balance ($1 bln)
Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar
0.14 1.21 -2.20 -3.79 -2.04 -0.55 0.71 -0.41
1.11
Industrial output growth (yr/yr pct)
Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar
-14.1 -2.3 6.1 1.9 8.7 6.6 8.6 10.7 10.3
Industrial output growth (mth/mth pct, seasonally adjusted)
Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar
-10.7 -2.2 -0.6 -2.2 -0.3 0.1 -0.6 1.0 1.1
Service sector output growth (yr/yr pct)
Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar
-1.6 1.4 3.3 1.4 3.9 2.9 4.8 6.0 5.7
Service sector output growth (mth/mth pct, seasonally adjusted)
Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar
-2.3 -0.2 0.5 -1.3 1.0 -0.1 0.0 0.2 0.3
Consumer price index growth (yr/yr pct)
Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar
4.5 4.8 5.1 5.6 5.9 5.5 4.9 4.1 3.9
Consumer price index growth
(mth/mth pct, non-seasonally adjusted)
Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar
-0.3 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.9
Producer price index growth (yr/yr pct)
Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar
7.8 10.7 11.3 12.3 12.5 10.5 9.0 7.6 6.0
Producer price index growth (mth/mth pct)
Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar
-2.3 -0.3 -0.3 -0.3 1.9 1.6 1.9 2.1 1.3
Import price index growth (yr/yr pct)
Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar
32.0 47.1 42.6 42.6 50.6 49.0 44.6 31.3 28.0
Import price index growth (mth/mth pct)
Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar
-6.6 4.1 2.3 -4.4 1.1 2.7 10.7 3.8 8.2
Export price index growth (yr/yr pct)
Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar
31.5 38.6 27.4 21.9 25.1 25.2 24.0 15.7 13.4
Export price index growth (mth/mth pct)
Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar
-3.3 7.7 4.6 -1.4 0.1 1.1 7.2 2.4 6.3
Unemployment rate (pct, seasonally adjusted)
Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar
3.3 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1
Current account balance ($mln, seasonally adjusted)
Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar
-346 3,260 -2,650 -4,805 -1,879 159 -1,014 2,735 77
Foreign exchange reserves ($bln, at month-end)
Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar
200.5 212.3 239.7 243.2 247.5 258.1 258.2 260.5 264.2
Bank of Korea's manufacturing business survey index
(seasonally adjusted)
Jan Dec Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May
46 53 65 76 78 80 81 88 87
Bank of Korea's consumer sentiment index
Dec Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Q2 Q1 Q4
81 84 88 96 96 84 85 102 103
L money supply growth (yr/yr pct)
Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb
11.5 12.1 13.3 13.2 12.7 14.2 14.6 12.9 13.2
QUARTERLY DATA:
GDP growth (yr/yr pct)
Q3/2008 Q2/2008 Q1/2008 Q4/2007 Q3/2007 Q2/2007
3.8 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
0.5 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
Sources: Ministry of Finance and Economy
Bank of Korea
Ministry of Knowledge Economy
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.