The world this week | Business | Sep 8th 2022

1.  폭스바겐, 포르쉐 상장 연내 추진...독일 역대 최대 IPO
The flotation could raise as much as €10.6bn ($10.5bn), which would make it the biggest stockmarket listing in Europe since Glencore in 2011.

2. 유럽중앙은행도 '자이언트 스텝'...고물가에 0.75%p 인상
As with other central banks around the world, the ecb is under intense pressure to tame inflation, which stood at an annual rate of 9.1% in the euro zone in August.

3. 산유국 감산에도 국제유가는 ‘1월 이후 최저’...수요둔화 우려탓
Amid talk of a recession in the West, the price of oil has in fact dropped, from almost $125 in early June for a barrel of Brent crude to under $90 this week for the first time since February. opec is signalling that it does not want the price to fall much further.

4. 미국, 자국 '반도체 산업 육성법(CHIPS+)' 구체화: '美에 반도체 공장 지으면 54조 지원'
The government wants to boost domestic expertise in semiconductors, and reduce the reliance on chips from South Korea and Taiwan.

5. CVS, 80억달러에 재택의료업체 Signify Health 인수
CVS was known mostly for its retail pharmacy chain until 2007, when it expanded into the administration of prescription-drug programmes and then, in 2018, health insurance.

6. 아이폰14, 프로 모델에 집중…플래그쉽 왕좌 지킨다
Smartphone sales have declined considerably this year, but the one “bright spot”, according to Counterpoint Research, is the market for phones priced above $900.