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Ahead of Chuseok, Outlook for Small Businesses and Traditional Markets Hits Year High; Traditional Market BSI at 105.0

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  1. Ahead of Chuseok, the traditional market business sentiment index (BSI) for September reached 105.0, surpassing the baseline of 100 for the first time this year.
  2. In a survey by the Korea Federation of Micro Enterprises and Market Promotion, the small business BSI outlook for September was 95.1, up 24.1 points from the previous month's outlook of 71.0.
  3. However, the actual August BSI for small businesses was lower at 60.6, and for traditional markets 57.0, so attention is focused on whether Chuseok sales will recover.

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Ahead of Chuseok, Outlook for Small Businesses and Traditional Markets Hits Year High; Traditional Market BSI at 105.0

Read the full article (machine translation) → Original article (Korean): 추석 앞두고 소상공인·전통시장 경기전망 ‘연중 최고’…전통시장 BSI 105.0

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