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Saturday, November 21, 2009 11:57 AM

Samsung Economic Research Institute

Type: Organization
Name: Samsung Economic Research Institute
First Reported 11/16/2009 - Updated 11/16/2009 - 1 Documents
Trade Surplus Expected to Shrink More Than 50 Percent Next Year
By Jane HanStaff ReporterAfter hitting a record high this year, South Korea's trade surplus is expected to shrink by between 50 and 75 percent next year largely because the global economic recovery is going to make importing key raw materials more co ... [Korea Times - 11/16/2009]
First Reported 11/16/2009 - Updated 11/16/2009 - 1 Documents
Per Capita Income to Fall to $17,000
By Yoon Ja-youngStaff ReporterThe country's per capital gross national income (GNI) is expected to plunge to $17,100 this year, falling back to levels last seen four years ago.According to the Bank of Korea, the country's nominal GNI is expected to reach ... [Korea Times - 11/16/2009]
First Reported 11/17/2009 - Updated 11/17/2009 - 1 Documents
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Samsung Corp
Local Firms Lag Behind in R
By Lee Hyo-sikStaff ReporterDespite the robust performance during the global economic slump, Korean companies are lagging far behind their overseas counterparts in research and development (R&D) investment, spawning fears that they will lose out in the ... [Korea Times - 11/17/2009]
First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 1 Documents
Korea Pension Fund looks to real estate to diversify
SEOUL -- South Korea's National Pension Service, the nation's biggest investor, is looking at overseas property assets as part of its “long-term” policy to diversify away from fixed-income investments, spokesman Kim Ha Young said.Kim said he couldn't ... [China Post - 11/18/2009]
First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 1 Documents
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Bank of Korea
Investors Keep More Liquid Assets
By Yoon Ja-youngStaff ReporterInvestors are being cautious with their cash and liquid assets as they are worried over risky assets, funds and properties.According to the Bank of Korea, cash-equivalent liquid assets recorded 645.5 trillion won in September, ... [Korea Times - 11/18/2009]
First Reported 11/02/2009 - Updated 11/02/2009 - 3 Documents
Has Kim backed himself into a corner?
By Jon Herskovitz - AnalysisSEOUL (Reuters) - A promise by North Korean leader Kim Jong-il to improve the state's broken economy is forcing him to ask for massive aid and may even bring him back to nuclear talks that Pyongyang once declared dead.The North, ... [Reuters - 11/02/2009]
First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 11/05/2009 - 1 Documents
Experts cautious on Korea's recovery
Several analysts said yesterday the government was going in the right direction in maintaining the expansionary policy stance, even though the Korean economy showed a robust recovery in the third quarter.Their comments came as the Ministry of Strategy ... [Korea Herald - 11/05/2009]
First Reported 11/09/2009 - Updated 11/09/2009 - 1 Documents
ANALYSIS-S.Korea avoids Japan export trap but credit woes linger
* Korea improves on Japan export model with free trade deals* Japan exporters lose market share, short on free trade* Analyst: buy Korean carmakers, sell Japan carmakers* Household debt restructuring key task for S.KoreaTOKYO/SEOUL, Nov 9 - South Korea ... [Alibaba.com - 11/09/2009]
First Reported 11/11/2009 - Updated 11/11/2009 - 1 Documents
State Assets Could Be Tough Sell for South Korea
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea may have to offer steep discounts to sell key state assets such as bank stakes, to help cut a growing fiscal deficit, while pumping money into the economy to pull it safely out of a global downturn.The alternative is more ... [Private Equity HUB - 11/11/2009]
First Reported 11/12/2009 - Updated 11/12/2009 - 1 Documents
BOK hints at no rate change soon
Korea's central bank yesterday kept the interest rate unchanged for a ninth month in a row, saying that it was focused on safeguarding economic recovery.The Bank of Korea's Monetary Policy Committee left the seven-day repurchase rate at a record-low 2 ... [Korea Herald - 11/12/2009]
First Reported 10/22/2009 - Updated 10/22/2009 - 1 Documents (in Market News)
ANALYSIS-Central banks pressured to maintain loose policy
CENTRALBANKS/ (ANALYSIS): * Government pressure may delay end to easy money* Growth focus risks fostering inflation* C. banks, governments in synch on crisis measures* Japan, S. Korea, India c.banks under govt pressureMUMBAI, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Central ... [Forbes.com - 10/22/2009]
Entities: Inflation, Brazil, Crisis
First Reported 10/22/2009 - Updated 10/22/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)
Korea Behind in Asian Union Talks
By Yoon Ja-youngStaff ReporterKorea has lost its leadership role in the economic community comprising the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the three East Asian countries of Korea, China and Japan, a leading economic think tank said.Samsung ... [Korea Times - 10/22/2009]

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...again with the U S to facilitate the ratification process as the U S president seeks parliamentary approval as early as in the beginning of 2010. "Although the clauses related to other issues cannot be modified, a revision in the terms related to auto industry may be revised and complemented under a re-discussion process" Kwak said...
Lee, Obama agrees to move forward on "grand bargain," FTA [Xinhua News Agency - 11/19/2009]
The increase of short-term liquid funds, however, isn't helping the economy. "Banks need long-term funds so that they can lend money to businesses" the Samsung Economic Research Institute said in a report
Investors Keep More Liquid Assets [Korea Times - 11/18/2009]
...Hynix Semiconductor was the world's 136th-largest R&D spender, followed by Korea Electric & Power Corp. at 159th, POSCO at 196th and KT at 237th. "In 2008, companies here were facing the greatest economic uncertainty of all time, which made them extremely cautious about R&D and other types of investment. Additionally, their earnings performance was deteriorating on plunging sales at home and abroad toward the year's end in the wake of the global financial turmoil. With Korean firms relying more heavily on overseas demand than competitors, their R&D spending fell at a much faster pace" Samsung Economic Research Institute research associate Park Sung-min said
Local Firms Lag Behind in R [Korea Times - 11/17/2009]
...Research Institute also said the central bank would remain status quo for the timing being and may consider a hike in the first half of next year. "Despite the pressure (on the BOK) to start raising the rate, the BOK must remain cautious about its decision in order to stave off the risk of a double-dip recession" the institute said in a report
BOK hints at no rate change soon [Korea Herald - 11/12/2009]

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Lee, Obama agrees to move forward on "gran... [Xinhua News Agency - 11/19/2009]
Investors Keep More Liquid Assets [Korea Times - 11/18/2009]
Korea Pension Fund looks to real estate to dive... [China Post - 11/18/2009]
Local Firms Lag Behind in R [Korea Times - 11/17/2009]
Per Capita Income to Fall to $17,000 [Korea Times - 11/16/2009]
Trade Surplus Expected to Shrink More Than 50 P... [Korea Times - 11/16/2009]
BOK hints at no rate change soon [Korea Herald - 11/12/2009]
State Assets Could Be Tough Sell for South Korea [Private Equity HUB - 11/11/2009]
ANALYSIS-S.Korea avoids Japan export trap but c... [Alibaba.com - 11/09/2009]
Experts cautious on Korea's recovery [Korea Herald - 11/05/2009]
Has Kim backed himself into a corner? [Reuters - 11/02/2009]
North Korea's broken economy the key to nuclear... [Reuters - 11/02/2009]
ANALYSIS - N.Korea's broken economy the key to ... [Reuters India - 11/02/2009]
Minister cautions against Seoul carbon plan [Korea Herald - 10/30/2009]
Tale of two S.Koreas seen in regional housing glut [Yahoo! India - 10/30/2009]
Dollar 'Carry Trade' Feared to Destabilize Fina... [Korea Times - 10/29/2009]
Financial Industry Hires & Produces Less [Korea Times - 10/29/2009]
N. Korea risk very hard to quantify [The Saudi Gazette - 10/29/2009]
Post-Crisis Era Dawns With Risk Awareness [Korea Times - 10/27/2009]
Korea Behind in Asian Union Talks [Korea Times - 10/22/2009]
ANALYSIS-Central banks pressured to maintain lo... [Forbes.com - 10/22/2009]
Per-capita GDP back to $20,000 in 2012: IMF [Korea Herald - 10/20/2009]
Future Homes to Become Green, Smart [Korea Times - 10/14/2009]
Debate flares up over double-dip recession [Korea Herald - 10/14/2009]
[Editorial] Consumer Protection in e-Shopping [Donga.com - 10/13/2009]
Unsold Apartments Weigh on Economy [Korea Times - 10/12/2009]
S.Korea tackles loansharks [Straits Times - 09/08/2009]
Korean firms intensify LED attack [OPTICS.ORG - 05/12/2009]
SKorea, EU reach tentative pact on trade [AFP via Yahoo! - 03/24/2009]
N. Koreans savor taste of open marketplace [USA Today - 02/20/2009]
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