[KS] nk data

[Leonid Petrov]

Dear Ruediger,

Responding to your request for NK data, I would like to refer you to a
recent article "Reforms Turn Disastrous for North Koreans" by John Pomfret,
Washington Post Foreign Service, January 27, 2003. Available online at
<http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/champion/65/alliance.htm> It carries
a comparative list of prices. Not much but still something...

With very best regards,

LEONID A. PETROV
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http://north-korea.narod.ru


> Dear all,
>
> I am looking for any standard North Korean data, newer than July 2002, in
> NK Won (Foreign Trade does not make  much sense in this case). The 2003
> budget is due in late March or April, so I am wondering whether any of you
> has something else, like 2002 year-end statistics from Pyongyang or the
like.
>
> I need the data to answer the question whether the price changes of July
> 2002 have been a one-time inflation and if so, by which percentage. The
> exchange rate vs. the US$ implies something like 6800%, the price of rice
> 55000%, etc. A standard basket of goods and services is unavailable for
> statistical purposes. Seeing how the 2002 budget of about 20 billion Won
> looks like after the changes would be the only way I could imagine to
> answer the inflation question.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Best,
>
> Ruediger
>
>
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