S. Korea's economy grows 0.6 pct in Q2, matching initial estimate: BOK

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SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean economy grew 0.6 percent in the second quarter from a quarter earlier, driven by strong exports and investments related to artificial intelligence (AI), central bank data showed Tuesday.

The country's real gross domestic product (GDP) -- a key measure of economic growth -- rose 0.6 percent in the April-June period from three months earlier, according to preliminary data from the Bank of Korea (BOK).

On a yearly basis, the economy expanded 3.7 percent in the second quarter, extending its growth momentum after expanding 3.8 percent on-year in the first quarter.

The on-quarter figure matched the BOK's earlier estimate released last month, but it revised up growth in construction investment and intellectual property investment by 0.1 percentage point each, while cutting government consumption growth by 0.1 percentage point.

The country's nominal GDP grew 9.2 percent in the three-month period that ended in June from three months earlier and expanded 26.4 percent from a year earlier, marking the sharpest growth since the third quarter of 1979, when the economy surged 27.7 percent on-year.

The central bank data also showed that the country's per capita gross national income (GNI) rose 8.8 percent on a nominal basis from a quarter earlier and 26.4 percent from a year earlier.

Real GNI rose 3.1 percent from a quarter earlier and 15.6 percent from a year earlier, marking the steepest growth since the fourth quarter of 1988, when real GNI jumped 15.7 percent on-year.

Based on the continuing growth momentum, the central bank earlier revised up its 2026 growth estimate to 3.3 percent, citing solid exports driven by the ongoing semiconductor super cycle.

Containers are stacked at a port in the southeastern port city of Busan on Sept. 1, 2026. (Yonhap)

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首尔，9月8日（韩联社）——韩国央行周二公布的数据显示，受强劲的出口和与人工智能（AI）相关的投资推动，韩国经济第二季度环比增长0.6%。

根据韩国银行（BOK）的初步数据，该国实际国内生产总值（GDP）——衡量经济增长的关键指标——在4月至6月期间比三个月前增长了0.6%。

第二季度经济同比增长3.7%，延续了第一季度同比增长3.8%的增长势头。

季度环比数据与韩国央行上月发布的预估值相符，但建筑投资和知识产权投资增速分别上调了0.1个百分点，而政府消费增速则下调了0.1个百分点。

该国截至6月份的三个月内，名义GDP环比增长9.2%，同比增长26.4%，创下自1979年第三季度以来的最大增幅，当时经济同比增长27.7%。

央行数据显示，该国人均国民总收入（GNI）按名义值计算，较上一季度增长8.8%，较上年同期增长26.4%。

实际国民总收入比上一季度增长 3.1%，比上年同期增长 15.6%，创下自 1988 年第四季度以来的最大增幅，当时实际国民总收入同比增长 15.7%。

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