South Korea Leading Index Gains 0.2% In August - Conference Board

The leading economic index in South Korea was up 0.2 percent in August, the Conference Board said on Wednesday, following the 0.3 percent decline in July. The positive contributor was the yield of government public bonds. Negative contributors included the value of machinery orders, stock prices, private construction orders, the index of inventories to shipments and real exports FOB. The coincident index was up 0.2 percent, down from 0.4 percent in the previous month. The positive contributors were total employment, the wholesale and retail sales component, monthly cash earnings and industrial production.

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