[Economy 365]



Last year, the transaction volume of the apartment market in Seoul is expected to record the lowest level in nine years since 2012, when house prices plummeted.



This is the second lowest level since 2006 when actual transaction data began to be made public.



Although the reporting period for December transactions is still pending until the end of the month, given the recent downturn, this trend is unlikely to change.



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'CES 2022', the world's largest electronics and IT exhibition, will open in Las Vegas, USA on the 5th local time.



CES, held offline for the first time in two years in the aftermath of Corona 19, was shortened from 4 days to 3 days as the omicron mutation spread ahead of the opening, and the number of participating companies was reduced to 2,200 companies, half of the previous year. decreased.



About 400 companies, the largest ever in Korea, participate online and offline.



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'Hope Loan' application for low-credit small business owners who suffered damage from the COVID-19 crisis started today (3rd) at 9:00 am.



The Ministry of SMEs and Startups announced that they would provide these loans to 140,000 low-credit small businesses among the small business owners who have received the quarantine subsidy for small businesses since the 27th of last month.



This loan is at a low interest rate of 1% per annum, with a maximum of 10 million won per person for a total of 1.4 trillion won.



Loans are available regardless of the type of funds currently being borrowed for small business policies. However, if you have received the 'Special Loan for Daily Life Recovery', which has been in effect since November of last year, you cannot apply for duplicate application.



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domestic economy is expected to grow by 2.9% this year.



The Small and Medium Venture Business Research Institute predicted that the domestic economic growth rate this year would be slower than last year's 4% level in the 'Small and Medium Business Prospect for 2022' report.



Private consumption is expected to grow further from 3.2% last year to 3.8% this year, but the growth rate of product exports is expected to drop from 8.7% to 2.8%.



It is analyzed that the increase in exports is expected to decrease significantly due to the influence of global supply chain stagnation.