Bank of Korea
Industrial Loans of Depository Corporations during Q2 2025
□ Depository corporations increased their industrial lending by 14.5 trillion won in the Second quarter of 2025.
o By purpose, lending for working capital increased by 8.8 trillion won, and loans for facilities investment expanded by 5.7 trillion won.
o Loans extended by de...
Sep 05,2025
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
Increased Aviation Safety Investment by Korea’s Air Transport Service Providers
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT, Minister KIM Yoon-duk) announced that the total aviation safety investment by the industry, including domestic airlines, in 2024 reached KRW 6.1769 trillion, an increase of KRW 332.4 billion (5.7%) compared to the previ...
Sep 04,2025
Bank of Korea
Balance of Payments during July 2025 (preliminary)
□ During July 2025, the Korean current account registered a surplus of 10.78 billion dollars.
□ Looking at the financial account, net assets increased by 11.08 billion dollars during July 2025.
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Sep 04,2025
Bank of Korea
Gross National Income: Second Quarter of 2025 (Preliminary)
◈ Real gross domestic product (real GDP, chained volume measure of GDP) increased by 0.7 percent in the second quarter of 2025 compared to the previous quarter, 0.1 percentage point higher than the figure given in the advance estimate.
◈ Real gross national income (real GNI)...
Sep 03,2025
Bank of Korea
Official Foreign Reserves(August 2025)
□ Korea's official foreign reserves as of the end of August 2025 amounted to 416.3 billion dollars.
ㅇ Korea’s official foreign reserves consisted of securities valued at 366.2 billion dollars (88.0%), deposits of 25.0 billion dollars (6.0%), SDRs of 15.8 billion dollars (3.8%...
Sep 03,2025
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
Korea’s Exports Rise 1.3% in August
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) announced on September 1 that Korea’s exports in August 2025 grew 1.3 percent year-on-year to USD 58.4 billion, while imports fell 4.0 percent to $51.9 billion. The trade balance recorded a surplus of $6.5 billion.
Dail...
Sep 02,2025
Statistics Korea
Consumer Price Index in August 2025
□ The Consumer Price Index was 116.45(2020=100) in August 2025. The index decreased 0.1 percent from the preceding month and rose 1.7 percent from the same month of the previous year.
◦ The index excluding food and energy was 112.84 in August 2025. The index decreased 0.6 perc...
Sep 02,2025