"Make Korea the Asia-Pacific 'AI Capital'...President Lee Joins Hands with BlackRock [3-Minute Brief]"

[Quick Overview]
① President Lee Signs AI Investment MOU with BlackRock Chairman
② Producer Price Index Falls 0.1% in August...First Decline in Three Months
③ Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry Analyzes Forbes U.S. Business Magazine Statistics

MARKET INDEX : Year to date

○All three major U.S. stock indices closed lower in New York.

○Concerns are rising over a potential bubble in the AI rally driven by Nvidia.

○Powell's comment that "stock prices are quite high" also weighed on investor sentiment.

Top3 NEWS

■ BlackRock Chairman Meets President Lee in New York: "Make Korea the Asia-Pacific 'AI Capital'"...MOU Signed

○On the first day of his visit to New York for the United Nations General Assembly, President Lee met with BlackRock Chairman Larry Fink.
○The Ministry of Science and ICT and BlackRock agreed to form a task force to gradually establish an investment portfolio and implementation plan.
○Chairman Fink stated, "The Korean stock market is at an all-time high, and the political and economic situation is stabilizing rapidly."

■ SK Telecom Leads 50% Discount on Telecom Fees...Producer Price Index Falls for First Time in Three Months in August

○Producer Price Index recorded 120.12, down 0.1% from the previous month.
○Despite continued increases in agricultural products such as cabbage (up 35.5%) and spinach (up 30.7%),
○The decline was attributed to telecom fee discounts; excluding this factor, producer prices are estimated to have risen by 0.2%.

■ Forbes 'Global 2000' Company Analysis: "China's Growth Rate is 6.3 Times That of Korea"

○The Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry analyzed statistics from U.S. business magazine Forbes.
○Released a report titled 'Korea-U.S.-China Corporate Three Kingdoms'.
○The number of Korean companies in the Global 2000 decreased by four over the past decade.

Graphic News: EU Takes Bold Steps for 'Multilateral Solidarity'...BRICS at Odds with U.S.? [De-globalization? New Order!]

○"U.S. tariff policy will not change."
○The EU is expanding FTAs, stating, "The EU will lead multilateral solidarity."
○"It will be difficult for BRICS to respond to the U.S. as a single bloc."

the Chart: [Global Focus] "Budgets Are Decided on the Streets"...Public Sentiment Boils Over Amid Harsh Austerity in France

○Massive street protests against austerity and general strikes
○Defending public services such as transportation, education, and healthcare
○Calls to strengthen opposition to welfare cuts and reinforce wealth taxes

Key Schedules Today

○Domestic

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○International

01:35 U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Powell's speech

02:00 U.S. 2-year Treasury bond auction

05:30 U.S. API weekly crude oil inventory

08:20 U.S. President Trump's speech

09:30 Japan Services Purchasing Managers' Index (September)

16:00 Speech by Balz of the German Bundesbank

16:00 Europe Non-Monetary Policy Meeting

17:00 Germany Expectations Index (September)

23:00 U.S. New Home Sales (August)

23:30 U.S. Crude Oil Inventory

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