After 40 years of astonishing 7.9% annual GDP growth, the average growth rate dropped to 4.1% in 2000-2010, and has stood at a mere 3% since 2011. This has many wondering whether South Korea is headed for the kind of protracted deflation and stagnation that characterized Japan’s so-called “lost decades,” from which it is just beginning to emerge.
首尔- 最近，韩国的经济表现令人失望。在经历了40年年均高达7.9%的GDP增长后，2000—2010年平均增长率下降到4.1%，自2011年以来更是只有3%。这让很多人质疑韩国是否正在迈向日本所谓的“失去的几十年”——长期通缩和停滞。这一苗头刚刚开始浮现。