■ January 8 Economic Calendar

■ Acting Superintendent Choi Sang-mok Starts a Department Report...The theme of the first day is 'boosting economic vitality'
Acting President Choi Sang-mok will receive a report from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, the Fair Trade Commission, and the Financial Services Commission today (8th) on the subject of economic risk management and economic revitalization.

Prior to the report, Choi stressed that the government should present practical solutions to pending issues to address concerns of the public and businesses.

■ Future technology in one place...CES just rose

The CES, the world's largest IT and consumer electronics exhibition, has begun in earnest.

Jensen Huang of NVIDIA, the AI-era crown prince who gave a keynote speech before the opening, drew great attention by signaling the era of robot ChatGPT.

YTN reporters will tell you what future technologies are like in advance.

■ Bank of Korea announces current account balance in November last year...$90 billion surplus is likely to be easy

The Bank of Korea announces its current account as of November last year.

The current account, which had been in the black for the sixth month through October last year, is expected to have been in the black in November, albeit smaller than in October.

As export growth is slowing, even if the current account surplus decreases in November last year, it will be easy to achieve last year's annual goal of $90 billion.

■ Samsung Electronics Announces Preliminary Results for Q4 Last Year

Samsung Electronics will announce its preliminary results for the fourth quarter of last year today.

Earlier, Samsung Electronics, which recorded an operating profit of 9 trillion won in the third quarter, issued an apology from Vice Chairman Jeon Young-hyun saying that it was worried about the performance that did not meet expectations.

There are predictions that the fourth quarter's performance will also fall short of expectations.

■ KDI Announces January Economic Trends...New Year's First Diagnosis

KDI, a national think tank agency, announces 'January economic trends'

With the political situation unstable, attention is being paid to what kind of diagnosis will come out early in the new year.