South Korea’s economy shrank in October-December for the first time since the second quarter of 2020, as exports tumbled while consumer spending dipped in reaction to rising interest rates, the country’s central bank said on Thursday. Gross domestic product in the final period of last year contracted 0.4 percent from the previous quarter, the Bank of Korea said.

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