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SEOUL, Feb 3 (Reuters) - South Korea's finance minister
said on Friday the country's exports and investment would be
weak at least through the first half of the year and that the
government would provide maximum support to ease the situation.
"The government will provide maximum support to boost
exports and investment by companies so that the timing of an
economic rebound can be advanced," Minister Choo Kyung-ho said
at a meeting of trade-related officials.
He also said inflation would hover around 5% in annual terms
during the first quarter before easing throughout the rest of
the year. The central bank has said inflation would ease towards
3% later in the year.
(Reporting by Choonsik Yoo; Editing by Leslie Adler and Lincoln
Feast.)
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