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corona spreads again, the economy is freezing, and the consumption recovery has already been sharply broken in July, when the effect of the disaster subsidies disappeared. The second disaster subsidy debate is expected to accelerate, but the weight is placed on the selective support.

Reporter Deokgi Yoo reports.

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Social Distancing Step 2.5 Even people who come and go to the traditional market that started the first week are hesitant to open their wallets.

Merchants say that it has been over a month since it has not been sold.

[Kim Yeon-su / Merchant: When the disaster subsidy came out, it was only two months (business)... It's the first time this doesn't work. The IMF also didn't work like this?]

Retail sales, which shows consumption trends, showed an increase from the previous month for three consecutive months and then turned back to a 6% decline in July.

This is because 90% of the disaster subsidies paid from May have been exhausted by the end of June, and the effect of the policy has disappeared, as the individual consumption tax cut for automobiles has been reduced from July.

Before the re-proliferation of the corona in mid-August, the consumption recovery tax had already been braked, but the future is more problematic.

In the third week of August, when the corona re-proliferation began in earnest, the sales of small business card in Seoul decreased by nearly 25% compared to the same period last year.

[Gwija Kang/Hwagok-dong, Seoul: It is getting smaller. You don't have a lot of income, so you'll save more. (Work) I'm working now, but I'm afraid I'll get cut.]

Deputy Prime Minister Hong Nam-ki said he is preparing additional measures to alleviate the difficulties of small business owners and self-employed people.

Democratic Party President Lee Nak-yeon also said, "We are proactively reviewing customized emergency support measures for those who suffer more pain and those who have a serious threat to their livelihoods."

The plan to support people's livelihood is expected to be decided at the party's meeting this week.

(Video coverage: Kang Dong-cheol, Video editing: Won-hee Won, CG: Lee Gyeong-moon)