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It is not easy for a country that has made some economic progress to maintain a high percentage of economic growth. Even so, the economic vitality and the economic slowdown need to be taken seriously.

Reporter Park Min-ha looked at the problems of our economy and their solutions.

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In the past, when it grew less than 2% due to external shocks, the growth rate soared the following year.

It is the impact of sharing crisis awareness and export.

However, it is still unknown whether the flagship semiconductor market will improve next year or whether global trade conflicts will be resolved well.

The forecasts for next year's growth in major trading partners, the United States and China, are lower than this year.

So the IMF and the OECD are also predicting that our economy will stay at 2.1 ~ 2.2% next year.

In fact, the growth rate is 2% or 1.9%, it doesn't make a big difference.

The problem is that if we compare our economy to marathoners, the speed at which we can steadily run without pace, that is, the potential growth rate that can be achieved without adversely affecting the economy, is trending down.

From over 5% in the early 2000s to now 2.5%.

Sooner or later, the number of people entering the 1% range is increasing.

In order to increase the potential growth rate, we need to increase production population, capital accumulation, or increase productivity, but we reduce the population.

What should I do? Talking to experts, it's similar.

[Oh Jun-bum / Senior Researcher, Hyundai Research Institute: It seems urgent to take a more active deregulation policy or increase tax benefits for new investments. And keeping things like expansionary fiscal policy… ]

The problem is that there are no external shocks like now, but in the midst of a slowing economy, it is difficult to share pain, share structural reforms, or draw out the crisis.

Conflict resolution, leadership in politics and economics, that's why it's important.

▶ Expert expectation of third quarter growth 2% difficult this year