6월 생산 0.7% 소비 1.6% 하락...경기지표 3개월 만에 동반하락<br /><br />South Korea's industrial output fell again in June,… adding to the already low overall production figure from May.... amid reduced production in the nation's service sector.<br />Lee Min-sun reports.<br />South Korea's overall industrial output fell zero-point-seven percent in June compared to a month earlier due to slumping production in the service sectors.<br />Data released by Statistics Korea show industrial production rose zero-point-nine percent in April on-month and edged down zero-point-three percent in May.<br />June's production was down for the second straight month and it's the worst it has been since February, when the figure plunged one-point-nine percent, which was the biggest drop in six years.<br />By sector, production in the service sector shed one-percent on-month in June,... while manufacturing production edged up zero-point-two percent.<br />That was due to a 4.6 percent increase in semiconductor production that countered a 3.3% decline in auto production.<br />However, the total figure was still 2.9 percent lower than the overall output seen in the manufacturing sector in June 2018.<br />Retail sales also dropped 1.6 percent in June due to falling car and clothing sales.<br />Facility investment rose zero-point-four percent in June due to increased imports of semiconductor manufacturing equipment and transportation equipment.<br />Statistics Korea says the increase in facility investment in June was due to a big slump in May, but it was still down from a year earlier.<br />In addition, economic output indicators have been negative since March.<br />Lee Min-sun, Arirang News.<br />
