South Korea's economy expanded at รีวิวเกมสล็อต the fastest annual pace in a decade in the second quarter, thanks to a pick up in private consumption, though a resurgence of COVID-19 casts doubt over the outlook for growth for the rest of the year.

Tuesday's data from the Bank of Korea showed gross domestic product (GDP) grew 0.7per cent in the second quarter, after rising 1.7per cent three months earlier and matching a 0.7per cent growth tipped in a Reuters survey.

Growth over the year sprang ahead to the fastest in a decade of 5.9per cent, up sharply from 1.9per cent in the first quarter, in part because of the low base effect of last year, while both exports and imports picked up further as the global reopening continued.

That, however, missed market forecast growth of 6.0per cent for the annual reading.

The result would be no surprise to the BOK, which is expected to be the first Asian economy to raise interest rates from pandemic-era lows, anticipating a 4per cent economic expansion and a revival in inflation.

But economists see the pace of growth slowing in the third quarter as the government brought in its toughest coronavirus restrictions yet to contain the worst outbreak in the country.

While exports surged 22.4per cent on-year, they declined 2.0per cent from the previous quarter and became a net drag to economic output in the second quarter, suggesting growth may plateau in the months ahead.