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is a friendly economic time.

Reporter Han Ji-yeon is here.

During the Itaewon disaster, the necessity and importance of first aid in our society seems to be emerging a lot.

It seems to be emphasized, but in the midst of this, convenience stores will install automatic defibrillators in the future?



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Yes, the city of Busan and GS25 signed a business agreement yesterday (the 2nd), and by the 15th, they decided to install automatic defibrillators sequentially at 16 convenience stores in Busan.



This is the first time that an automatic defibrillator is installed in a convenience store.



Busan is made up of 16 districts and counties. First, one test store is introduced in each region, and then the goal is to expand to 900 stores in Busan.



We plan to educate convenience store owners and employees on how to use the device and first aid measures, and retraining once every two months.



Currently, there are dozens of convenience stores in Itaewon alone, and it is regrettable that if more emergency equipment had been distributed in advance, it would have been of some help in this disaster situation.



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Now, there are some features of convenience stores.

Then, it would be good to use these convenience stores a little more in relation to public safety.

I have some thoughts like this.



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Yes, there are over 50,000 convenience stores nationwide.



Convenience stores are open 24 hours a day and are located in densely populated areas, so accessibility can be improved.



It has already taken advantage of this and has been serving as a community safety platform.



First, we can point out the role of a temporary shelter to protect lost children or women on their way home.



It is a system that does not simply provide a place, but directly reports to the police by pressing the emergency report button in the store.



At CU, which first started this business, about 130 children have returned to their families so far.



Next is the role in disaster situations.

When natural disasters such as floods occur, we have delivered relief goods quickly through the logistics center.



In addition, this year, a convenience store is also preparing a rescue operation using drones.



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consumer price index for October was released yesterday.

It's gone up a lot.



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Yes.

Regarding when the price peak is, there are talks like the October peak theory and the July peak theory.



Looking at the graph, the inflation rate has been in the high 5% range for three months in a row after taking 6.3% in July.



There are many forecasts that the 5% level will continue for the time being. If this happens, the July peak theory will prevail, but the high 5% level inflation situation will continue.



The increase in inflation last month was largely due to the increase in utility bills.



City gas rose 36.2%.

Electricity bills jumped 18.6% and district heating costs also jumped 34%.



In particular, small business owners are worried about the winter season due to the increase in utility bills.



[Lee Min-hyung/Coffee shop president: The coffee machine is the core of a coffee shop, and then you have to keep the boiler running smoothly, so it consumes a lot of electricity.

Always on standby...

It's too much of a burden.]



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This is not very welcome news in this situation, but the US raised the base rate by 0.75 percentage points again.

From the point of view of the Bank of Korea, it has become a situation where there is no choice but to put more pressure on us to raise interest rates further.



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Yes, we have the Monetary Policy Committee meeting on the 24th, and the fact that the inflation rate exceeds 5% is a signal to raise the key interest rate.



Let's listen to President Chang-Yong Lee's remarks.



[Lee Chang-yong/President of the Bank of Korea (12th of last month): No matter how much you sacrifice for the economy, if the inflation rate of 5% or more continues, you will have no choice but to make an economic policy centered on inflation.



] It is also confirmed in the leading indicator flow.



A typical example is producer prices.

It affects consumer prices with a time lag of one or two months. It seemed to calm down a bit in August, but it turned upward again in September.



In addition, import prices also surged 24% last month, but the high exchange rate is still there.

There are also forecasts that the international oil price will exceed $100 in the second half of the year.



As the base interest rate in the US is now 4%, there is a difference of 1% point from ours.