<Anchor> This is a



friendly economic time. Today (6th), I will be with reporter Kim Hye-min. The US stock market plummeted and fell a lot yesterday. Yesterday, our stock market also fell so much that the 3,000 line collapsed. How is the US market this morning?



<Reporter> The



US stock market crashed sharply last night, but fortunately it rebounded slightly yesterday. I came to check the New York Stock Exchange right before the broadcast, and fortunately, today the Dow closed 0.92% and the Nasdaq closed up 1.25%.



Recently, an increasing number of individual investors directly invest not only in domestic stocks but also in U.S. stocks. There are a lot of people who are wondering if the US stock market is showing an unstable shape, and why this is the case.



The biggest cause is concerns about 'inflation'. Inflation means that prices continue to rise.



When inflation rises, governments around the world will try to advance the timing of raising interest rates, which is dragging down the global stock market.



<Anchor>



Why are prices rising like this, then?



<Reporter> If



you drive a car these days, you can see that the price of gas has gone up a lot. The first reason is the recent surge in crude oil prices. 



Based on West Texas crude, it reached a seven-year high. It is even called a 'world energy crisis'.



With the recent economic recovery, countries around the world are increasing the operation of their factories. Also, as more people travel, the demand for air travel increases.



The need for oil is increasing, but the oil-producing countries have recently agreed not to produce additional oil.



If demand is greater than supply, the price will naturally rise. If the price of crude oil rises like this, the price of oil will rise, and this is also fueling concerns about rising interest rates and inflation.



<Anchor>



Reporter Kim, in addition to the rise in crude oil prices, recently, I've heard of 'supply chain disruption'. What the hell is this? 



<Reporter> It's a



bit difficult to say, but recently there is the world's largest shipping company, 'Musk', and you will understand if you look at the letter this company sent to its customers.



"Product inventories in the US and Europe are at an all-time low, and some items are already out of stock," he said.



This is because major US ports could not digest the influx of cargo and reached saturation.



Dozens of cargo ships were stranded. It's hovering around the harbor. It takes an average of 6 days for a container to dock at the port, but it is said that the wait is two more days than usual.



This is because the number of port workers has been reduced due to Corona 19, but the import volume has skyrocketed as the economy suddenly recovered.

As transportation costs rise due to the logistics crisis, this is also fueling inflation.



<Anchor>



After all, the transportation cost is getting higher these days.

So, what I am curious about is how this situation will continue to affect the stock market in the future, how do you think it will be?



<Reporter> There



are more bad news in the US and China than what I said before.

Of course, this will also be reflected in the domestic stock market.



Negotiations on the US debt ceiling are still struggling.

The US government borrows money from the Fed to support policy, and each time this debt limit is negotiated by Congress.



This time, the deadline for raising the debt limit is until the 18th, but the battle between the Democratic Party and the Republican Party is still ongoing.



In addition, experts predict that "the unstable market environment will continue for the time being", such as the debt problem of Chinese real estate companies that started with the Hengda Group and the power shortage in China caused by a surge in coal prices.



There may be some people who think that the stock price is at a low point and want to swim.