Korea is facing mounting economic challenges. Productivity growth has been on a trend decline amid demographic headwinds, while the societal demand for inclusive growth has been on a steep rise. Furthermore, the government-led unbalanced growth model-which served Korea well in the past-has...

Korea is facing mounting economic challenges. Productivity growth has been on a trend decline amid demographic headwinds, while the societal demand for inclusive growth has been on a steep rise. Furthermore, the government-led unbalanced growth model-which served Korea well in the past-has...

Bilateral trade between Korea and EU has been increasing with the exception of the period of the global financial crisis (2009) and Korea has enjoyed trade surplus since 1997. At the time when negotiations were launched for the Korea-EU FTA in 2007, EU was Korea's second largest trading partner...

Monetary policy shifts in advanced economies are transmitted to emerging market economies (EMEs) through monetary policy responses by EME central banks and changes in cross-border capital flows. The ripple effects, however, depend upon the EMEs' macroeconomic fundamentals and the amount and...