South Korea's Fourth Quarter GDP Expenditures: (Table)

By Marco Babic

Jan. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Following are details for Korea's fourth quarter GDP by expenditure category from the Bank of Korea.

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                                     4Q     3Q     2Q     1Q     4Q     3Q
                                   2008   2008   2008   2008   2007   2007
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                                  -----------------QoQ%-------------------
Expenditure on GDP                 -5.6%   0.5%   0.8%   0.8%   1.6%   1.5%
Final consumption                  -3.3%   0.2%   0.3%   0.3%   1.0%   1.0%
Private                           -4.8%   0.1%  -0.2%   0.4%   0.8%   1.3%
 Household                        -4.9%   0.1%  -0.2%   0.4%   0.8%   1.3%
Government                         2.4%   0.7%   1.9%  -0.2%   2.0%   0.2%
Gross Capital Formation           -15.3%   1.5%   0.7%   0.1%   2.8%  -3.5%
Gross fixed capital formation     -8.8%   0.7%   0.1%  -0.9%   1.6%  -0.4%
 Construction                     -4.0%   0.0%  -1.0%  -1.4%   1.2%   0.2%
Facilities                       -16.1%   2.1%   0.9%  -0.4%   2.1%  -1.8%
Exports of goods & services        -9.2%  -1.2%   4.1%  -0.7%   7.0%   1.3%

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                                     4Q     3Q     2Q     1Q     4Q     3Q
                                   2008   2008   2008   2008   2007   2007
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                                  -----------------QoQ%-------------------
 Goods                           -11.9%  -1.9%   4.3%  -1.8%   7.4%   1.8%
Less imports of goods & services -12.8%  -1.7%   4.3%  -2.3%   8.8%  -1.8%
 Goods                           -13.0%  -1.6%   4.2%  -1.9%   9.9%  -2.4%
                                  -----------------YoY%-------------------
Expenditure on GDP                 -3.4%   3.8%   4.8%   5.8%   5.7%   5.1%
Final consumption                  -2.4%   1.7%   2.7%   3.5%   4.8%   4.7%
Private                           -4.4%   1.1%   2.3%   3.4%   4.6%   4.8%
 Household                        -4.5%   1.1%   2.3%   3.4%   4.6%   4.8%
Government                         4.9%   4.4%   4.0%   3.9%   5.6%   4.5%
Gross Capital Formation           -12.2%   4.3%   0.7%   3.4%   3.7%  -0.1%
Gross fixed capital formation     -8.4%   1.4%   0.1%   0.5%   2.9%   1.3%
 Construction                     -6.1%  -1.3%  -1.2%  -1.1%   0.4%  -0.1%
Facilities                       -14.0%   4.7%   0.7%   1.4%   6.5%   2.3%
Exports of goods & services        -7.2%   9.4%  12.5%  11.8%  17.0%   9.3%
 Goods                           -11.5%   8.0%  12.5%  12.0%  17.7%   9.0%

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                                     4Q     3Q     2Q     1Q     4Q     3Q
                                   2008   2008   2008   2008   2007   2007
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                                  -----------------YoY%-------------------
Less imports of goods & services -12.7%   9.0%   8.6%   9.0%  16.9%   6.9%
 Goods                           -12.6%  10.5%   9.2%  11.1%  17.6%   5.1%
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NOTE: Quarterly percent changes are seasonally adjusted. Year-over-year are not.

Constant 2000 prices.

Source: Bank of Korea

To contact the reporter on this story: Marco Babic in Singapore at mbabic@bloomberg.net