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

