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The impact of Corona 19 shocked our growth rate in the first quarter of this year. The problem is that the second quarter is more concerned.

This is reporter Yoo Duck-gi.

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gross domestic product and GDP growth rate in the first quarter was calculated as negative 1.4% compared to the previous year.

It is the lowest score report in 11 years since the global financial crisis in the fourth quarter of 2008.

Private consumption, which accounts for about half of GDP, decreased by 6.4%.

It was the largest decline since the first quarter of 1998 during the financial crisis.

In terms of production, the service industry such as transportation, lodging, and food, which requires face-to-face contact, fell 2%, which was a shock.

[Park Yang-Soo / Director of the Bank of Korea's Bureau of Economic Statistics: The impact of Corona 19 on the growth contribution to the private sector was -2%. .] The

problem is in the second quarter.

If the trend of decreasing the number of corona19 diagnoses continues, there is room for private consumption to improve.

However, the impact of a full-fledged employment since last month can deepen the slump in domestic demand, and it is highly likely that the export manufacturing industry will be hit hard by a decline in global demand, such as the US and Europe, where the corona spread is still strong.

In fact, by the 20th of this month, exports fell 27% YoY.

[Joowon / Hyundai Economic Research Institute for Economic Research mounting. You will find that the corona is how quickly calm down and neunyae tha economic activities find a place, thus exporting economy left China, the United States, the European side, our main export markets -

Lee Ju-yeol Governor of the Bank of Korea Predicted that positive growth is possible for the entire year, but domestic and foreign organizations such as the International Monetary Fund are expecting to grow by minus 1%.

(Video editing: Kim Jong-tae, screen provided by the Bank of Korea)