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SEOUL, Sept 1 Asia Pulse - South Korea's central bank said on Friday that South Korea's economy grew 5.3 per cent in the second quarter from a year earlier, matching an initial estimate.
The economy expanded 0.8 per cent in the April-June period from three months earlier, the slowest pace since the first quarter of 2005, according to the Bank of Korea. Those are the same rates as forecast in late July when the bank announced the advance growth estimate.
GDP, the broadest measure of an economy's performance, is the total value of goods and services produced within the economy in a given period.
The new data showed that the manufacturing sector posted a faster growth rate than the bank's initial estimate, while the agricultural sector recorded a fall.
Manufacturing grew 9.3 per cent in the second quarter from a year earlier, compared with a 9-percent expansion forecast in late July, while agriculture shrunk 1.5 per cent, compared with a 0.5 percent rise forecast earlier.
The bank retained growth estimates for private spending, which expanded 4.4 per cent on-year.
Corporate capital spending, on the other hand, rose a slower-than-expected 7.4 per cent, while construction investment fell 3.9 per cent. Goods exports and goods imports each rose 16.2 percent and 14.3 per cent, respectively.