The Economist magazine ranks South Korea second in the OECD's economic performance...President Yoon says, ``This is the result of the suffering endured by all the people.''

South Korean President Yoon Seo-gyeol said at the State Council on the 19th that the British weekly magazine The Economist announced that ``South Korea ranks second in economic performance among 35 OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries.
``Amidst the multiple crises facing the global economy, this is the result of all our people working together to endure the pain and turn the crisis into an opportunity.''
President Yoon presided over the State Council meeting at the Presidential Room in Seoul on the morning of the same day, saying, ``Under the sound fiscal policy that our government has adhered to, the people's
I think this is recognition of our efforts to restore a country-led, market-centered economy," and told the State Councilors, "Next year, we will do even more to ensure that the people can experience these economic results firsthand."
Let's work harder,'' he urged. What President Yoon was referring to was the economic performance of 35 OECD countries evaluated by The Economist on the 18th (local time). Last year's fourth quarter (October-December)
) to the third quarter of this year (July to September), we calculated five economic and financial indicators: the underlying price increase rate, the rate of change in inflation items, the GDP (gross domestic product) growth rate, the employment increase rate, and the stock price increase rate. comprehensive
These are the results of rankings by country. For the second consecutive year, Greece ranked first, and the United States ranked third.