初步数据显示,2024年第三季度,韩国经济环比增长0.1%,从上一季度0.2%的收缩中反弹,但远低于0.5%的扩张预测。轻微增长主要是由政府和私人消费的适度增长推动的。在支出方面,私人消费增长了0.5%,因为商品(如机动车、通信设备)和服务(如医疗服务、运输服务)的支出有所增加。政府消费也增长了0.6%,实物社会保障福利增加(如医疗保健福利支出)。与此同时,建设投资下降2.8%,设施投资增长6.9%。在其他地区,由于机动车和化工产品的出口下降,出口下降了0.4%,而随着机械设备进口的增加,进口增长了1.5%。
South Korea's economy grew 0.1% quarter-on-quarter in the third quarter of 2024, rebounding from a 0.2% contraction in the previous quarter but coming in way below forecasts for a 0.5% expansion, preliminary data showed. The slight growth was driven mainly by modest increases in government and private consumption. On the expenditure side, private consumption grew by 0.5%, as expenditures on goods (e.g. motor vehicles, communication equipment) and services (e.g. health services, transport services) increased. Government consumption also rose by 0.6%, with increased social security benefits in kind (e.g. expenditures on health care benefits). Meanwhile, construction investment shrank by 2.8%, while facilities investment increased by 6.9%. Elsewhere, exports fell by 0.4%, as exports of motor vehicles and chemical products decreased, while imports were up by 1.5% as imports of machinery & equipment increased.