Signal Korea recorded four straight quarters of near-zero growth before a mid-2025 rebound

Summary

The government reports that quarter-on-quarter growth hovered around zero for four consecutive quarters from the second quarter of 2024 to the first quarter of 2025. It describes this run as the first of its kind on record. Growth then recovered to 0.6 percent in the second quarter of 2025. The figure is presented beside the potential growth diagnosis to show that actual output was falling short of the economy's reduced capacity. It forms part of the evidence the government uses to explain why a new growth strategy was launched in August 2025.