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Semiconductor exports plummeted Lithium battery first deficit Last year's 60% trade deficit in May Exports of semiconductors plunged 35.5% on May 20 compared to a year ago, and investments were concentrated, and batteries, whose exports increased, recorded their first trade deficit, accounting for 60% of last year's trade deficit, solidifying the high price system. By May 20, exports were down 1..

n March, expected inflation rose by 0.2%, and the current living conditions and household income outlook remained the same, but the current economic judgment and future economic prospects fell, the living conditions outlook worsened, and the consumption expenditure outlook rose. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced on the 29th that Korea's consumer price growth rate for this year woul..

The KRW/USD rate rose 9.2% in January and the consumer price rose 3.6% YoY, 2.5 times higher, suggesting a 4% rise in February prices. The U.S. trade deficit rose 26.9% year-on-year in January to a record $859.1 billion. Korea's import surge is expected to increase inflation and trade deficits due to economic stimulus strengthening policies, as imports of crude oil, gas and coal in January of $1..

As imports and raw material prices soared, the dollar strengthened and import-led inflation continued to rise due to the reproduction of the slow-flationary slowdown in high inflation. As of November 20, imports increased 41.9% (USD 11.8 billion) from the same period last year to USD 39.8 billion, and exports amounted to USD 39.9 billion, an increase of 27.6% from USD 8.6 billion in the same per..