SEOUL: South Korea’s central bank on Thursday tweaked upwards its growth forecast for Asia’s fourth-largest economy this year, citing strong exports.
Bank of Korea Governor Lee Ju-Yeol said the bank was forecasting a 2.8 per cent rise in gross domestic growth (GDP), 0.2 percentage points higher than an earlier projection made in April.
It was the second increase in the projection in three months.
“Growth in domestic demand remains weak but exports have been expanding rapidly,” Lee told journalists.
Lee said there were downside risks such as trade protectionism in major trading partners such as the United States and geopolitical uncertainties over North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats. — AFP
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