South Korea's consumer confidence index declined for the first time in four months. The country's central bank believes it was affected by stock market adjustments and inflation. According to Yonhap News Agency Infomax, according to the consumer confidence survey results released by the Bank of Korea on the 25th, the consumer confidence index for August was 104.5, down 2.3 points from the previous month, for the first time in four months. Affected by factors such as falling stock prices, the current living conditions index in South Korea dropped 1 point. Although the real economy is showing a positive trend, due to increased stock market volatility and rising pessimistic economic evaluation sentiment, the current economic evaluation index is also down 5 points from the previous period. The employment outlook index fell 3 points, mainly affected by the continued slump in youth employment in artificial intelligence-related industries, while the number of people employed in manufacturing and construction also continued to decline.

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