[Economy 365]



Ahead of Chobok, the price of health food ingredients has risen significantly compared to last year.



According to the Livestock Products Quality Assessment Service, the wholesale price of chicken per kg was 3,901 won as of the 8th, up 27% from last year.



Based on the average monthly wholesale price as of June, it has jumped by 49% in one year.



Duck and abalone, which are representative nutritional supplements, also increased by 11.5% and 6.7%, respectively, from a year ago.



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End-users looking for small and low-cost apartments are continuing to come amid intense loan regulations and pressure to raise interest rates.



According to the Korea Real Estate Agency, there were 7,900 apartment transactions in Seoul until May of this year, of which 22% were transactions under 40 square meters.



This is the highest percentage in 16 years since the statistics were compiled, which is a sharp increase of nearly 10 percentage points from last year.



Looking at the 25 districts of Seoul, Jungnang-gu accounted for 43.0% of the total sales, followed by Jongno-gu, Jung-gu, and Yeongdeungpo-gu.



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It has been found that the number of 'multi-debtor' who borrowed money from three or more financial institutions is increasing.



The number of multiple debtors recently identified by the Financial Supervisory Service was 4.51 million, an increase of 8% from four years ago, and the per capita debt increased by 16 million won to 134 million won.



By age group, the amount of multiple debts under the age of 30 increased the most to 159 trillion won.



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The manufacturing economy in the third quarter of this year is expected to be worse than in the second quarter.



As a result of a survey of 1,000 domestic manufacturers by the Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade, it was found that both the market conditions and sales of the manufacturing industry in the third quarter were expected to decline compared to the second quarter.



By industry, most industries such as display, automobiles, machinery, and steel are expected to experience a decline.