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In the midst of this, the financial market was also turbulent today (15th).

Tomorrow morning, the central bank of the United States announces the key interest rate, and the stock price fell further and the exchange rate soared as the prospect of a large increase was made.



This is reporter Kim Jung-woo's report.



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Today, the won-dollar exchange rate reached its highest level in 13 years.



It closed at 1,290.5 won, returning to the level of the 2009 financial crisis.



A warning continued that the 1,300 won line was at risk.



The stock market is also struggling.



The KOSPI has continued to decline for seven consecutive trading days, and we have to worry about the collapse of the 2,400 level.



The KOSDAQ fell the most among major Asian stock markets, breaking the 800 line.



This year alone, 369 trillion won has evaporated in both the KOSPI and KOSDAQ markets, and the stock price that has risen for nearly two years since the end of 2020 has been returned.



The epicenter of financial market unrest is the United States.



The central bank of the United States will decide the extent of the rate hike tomorrow early in our time.



One after another, Wall Street forecasts that interest rates will be raised significantly to 0.75 percentage points rather than 0.5 percentage points.



[Kim Hyung-ryeol / Head of Research Center at Kyobo Securities: Around September, it seems that the forecasts that Big Step's hikes have calmed down will change to the wrong side, and the phenomenon of the stock market falling into a panic...

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Foreign investors are still selling Korean stocks and converting their money into dollars, and the larger the US interest rate hike, the more and faster they can get out.



Here, it is predicted that the Bank of Korea could raise the interest rate by more than 0.5 percentage points following the US when setting interest rates next month.



It seems difficult to predict where the financial markets will bounce as domestic and foreign financial authorities are likely to make unprecedented decisions to control inflation.



(Video coverage: Seungtae Kim, Video editing: Yang Won)