Monthly Economic Trends KDI Monthly Economic Trends 2025. 4 April 07, 2025

- Summary
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■ The Korean economy is facing mounting downward pressure as external conditions deteriorate rapidly. ○ Weakened growth in domestic and external demand is weighing on production. - While equipment investment remains on a solid trajectory, continued sluggishness in construction investment and weak consumption growth are limiting the pace of domestic demand recovery. - Exports have partially rebounded from their early-year lows; however, the overall pace of growth continues to moderate. - As a result, construction production continued to decline sharply, while growth in industrial and service production remained modest. ○ U.S. tariff hikes have exacerbated global trade conditions, intensifying downward pressure on exports. - With trade tensions rising, global growth projections have been revised downward, and business sentiment is weakening among export-oriented companies. - Export conditions further worsened as the impact of U.S. tariff hikes began to weigh on trade in April.
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Major Economic Indicators
Summary and Assessment
Major Indicators of the Korean Economy
1. Gross Domestic Product(at
(2020 Constant Prices)
2. Economic Activity
3. Consumption
4. Equipment Investment
5. Construction Investment
6-1. Exports, Imports and Terms of Trade
6-2. Current Account and Financial Account
7. Employment and Wage
8. Price Indices
9-1. Financial Market (I)
9-2. Financial Market (II)
10. Housing Market
11-1. Major Indicators of the World Economy (I)
11-2. Major Indicators of the World Economy (II)





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