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Heavy snow and manpower shortage lead to stagnant corporate activities

The economic diffusion index (DI) in February 2018 was 50.3, down 0.8 points from the previous month, a downturn for the first time in a yea

Employees' salaries and bonuses in 2018 are estimated to increase by approximately 3.7 trillion

-Record high 56.5% of companies anticipate wage improvement- The economy in 2017 basically continued to grow, with over 20% of companies...

Domestic business confidence marked a new record high

The economic diffusion index (DI) in January 2018 was 51.1, up 0.2 points from the previous month, and an improvement for eight consecutive

30% of companies plan to implement pay raises, and 20% plan to implement capital investment.

The higher the awareness of reform, the higher is the motivation for pay raises and capital investment.

Business confidence of SMEs marked a record high

Economic DI of 50.9, improvement for seven consecutive months

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60.4% of companies are working on work style reform

Economic DI worsened for the third month in a row, with sluggish year-end demand

44.1% of companies consider it should be implemented as scheduled, but antagonize those with negativ

Domestic economy has worsened for seven months in a row

Less than 50% of companies intend to formulate a BCP

Domestic Economy may have entered a recession phase

Economic DI worsened for five months in a row

Manufacturing industry’s downturn continues mainly in machinery-related businesses

Reasons for wage improvement, “stability of and securing the workforce” went up to the 80% range for

Domestic economy, signs of entering a recession phase

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