Economic growth is expected to slow down in the second quarter of Korea and remain resilient

ACCORDING TO THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, ECONOMIC GROWTH IN KOREA IS EXPECTED TO SLOW TO 0.4 PER CENT IN THE SECOND QUARTER, DOWN FROM 1.8 PER CENT IN THE FIRST QUARTER. NEVERTHELESS, THE INCREASE WAS 3.4 PER CENT COMPARED TO 3.8 PER CENT IN THE FIRST QUARTER. MOODY ' S ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT SEMICONDUCTOR HEAT WILL DRIVE EXPORTS. CITIGROUP INCREASED GROWTH PROJECTIONS FOR THE SECOND QUARTER AND 2026 ON THE GROUNDS THAT THE EXPORTS OF CHIPS WERE STRONG. GDP DATA FOR THE SECOND QUARTER WILL BE PUBLISHED ON THURSDAY。