AS per OECD's latest Economic Survey, Korea has recovered
faster and more vigorously from the global crisis than most OECD countries,
but it continues to face the challenge posed by its rapidly ageing population
and rising inequality.
The
report, presented today in Seoul by OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría and
Korean Minister of Strategy and Finance Jae-Wan Bahk, notes Korea’s current
resilience, despite the continuing global slowdown. The OECD projects Korean
economic growth in 2012 of around 3.5 per cent, and expresses confidence that
the government has sufficient fiscal and monetary policy space to respond to
any further deterioration in the global outlook.
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