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Omicron diluting Korea's chance for 4% growth
오미크론으로 인해 한국의 4% 성장가능성 희박
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International arrivals wear face shields, facemasks and protective gloves as they head to a bus after passing through immigration at Incheon International Airport, Nov. 30. Yonhap
International arrivals wear face shields, facemasks and protective gloves as they head to a bus after passing through immigration at Incheon International Airport, Nov. 30. Yonhap

By Yi Whan-woo


With the end of the year around the corner, the disrupted global supply chain and newly identified coronavirus variant Omicron are posing last-minute challenges for Korea achieving an annual economic growth rate of 4 percent.
연말이 다가온 현재, 교란된 세계 공급망과 새로 발견된 코로나바이러스 변종 오미크론이 한국의 연간 4%의 경제 성장률 달성에 막판 도전을 제기하고 있다.


Some analysts projected Wednesday that the 4-percent mark is unlikely, noting overall industrial output fell to its lowest level in 18 month and investment retreated to a 17-month low in the latest data released by Statistics Korea, Tuesday.
일부 분석가들은 화요일 통계청이 발표한 최신 자료에서 전체 산업 생산량이 18개월, 투자는 17개월 만에 최저 수준으로 후퇴했다는 점을 지적하며 성장률은 4%가 아닐 것으로 수요일 예상했다.


Analysts also projected the country's economic recovery may lose steam and its upward momentum may sputter before the first half of 2022. They said the estimated effects of Omicron, which has been found in at least 20 countries — but not yet in Korea — is not represented in the Statistics Korea data.
분석가들은 또한 내년 상반기가 되기 전 한국의 경제 회복이 힘을 잃고 상승 동력도 약해질 수 있다고 예상했다. 분석가들은 적어도 20개국에서 발견되었지만 아직 한국에는 없는 오미크론의 예상 효과가 통계청 자료에는 나타나지 않았다고 말했다.


The monthly data dealt with industrial output and retail sales in October, whereas Omicron was first reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) on Nov. 24 by South African authorities and has since been detected in the other countries.
월간 자료는 10월 산업 생산량 및 소매 판매량을 다룬 한편 오미크론은 남아프리카 당국에 의해 11월 24일 세계보건기구에 처음 보고된 후 다른 국가들에서도 감지되었다.


"We have less than a month remaining to give our best shot to spur the economy while negative factors keep arising," said Lee Seung-suk, a research fellow at the Korea Economic Research Institute.
이승석 한국경제연구원 연구위원은 "부정적 요인이 계속되는 가운데 경기 부양을 위해 최선을 다할 시간이 한 달도 채 남지 않았다"고 말했다.

KEY WORDS
■ disrupt 방해하다
■ variant 변종
■ output 생산량
■ momentum 탄력
■ sputter (엔진 등이) 털털거리다
■ spur 박차를 가하다

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