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South Korea Has $9.01 Billion Current Account Surplus

South Korea had an unadjusted current account surplus of $9.01 billion in October, the Bank of Korea said on Thursday.

That follows the upwardly revised $7.41 billion surplus in September (originally $7.20 billion).

The financial account saw a net outflow of $6.80 billion, down from $8.76 billion in the previous month.

Seasonally adjusted, the current account surplus was $7.32 billion, up from the downwardly revised $4.99 billion (originally $5.20 billion).

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