SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s potential financial development price is estimated to have fallen to round 2% and is projected to fall additional under 1% by the late 2040s as a result of a scarcity of innovation and inefficient useful resource allocation, the central financial institution stated on Thursday.
The Financial institution of Korea (BOK) estimated in an evaluation that the potential development price, the utmost development an economic system can obtain in a yr with out triggering inflationary stress, was round 2% from 2024 to 2026.
The speed has been falling in development, from the decrease 5% vary within the early 2000s to the mid-to-lower 3% vary within the 2010s and to mid-2% ranges by 2020, the BOK stated, citing lack of innovation and inefficiency in useful resource allocation.
Within the long-term, the speed is projected to fall to the mid-to-lower 1% vary within the 2030s and to round 0.6% by the late 2040s, in accordance with the report.
“However, the abovementioned end result will not be a given situation and may differ significantly relying on how we reply by structural reforms,” the BOK stated.
Main reforms that might increase the economic system’s potential development embody constructing an ecosystem for innovation, balanced developments between the capital space and different areas of the nation, and work-life stability insurance policies, the financial institution stated.
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