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Improving public welfare and supporting the more vulnerable in times of crisis are another axis of next year's economic policy direction.

The government has decided to increase public jobs and extend tax incentives for good landlords.



Reporter Deok-ki Yoo reports.



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government has decided to provide 1,040,000 public jobs directly while assisting companies to retain employment.



90,000 more than this year.



More than 500,000 of these will be hired in January of next year.



For young people who have lost their job opportunities, we decided to expand the youth work experience project to 100,000 people, focusing on non-face-to-face and digital work.



[Hong Nam-ki/Deputy Prime Minister of Economy: In light of the process of overcoming the crisis so far, the recovery rate of employment has been lagging compared to the economy.

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decided to extend the tax benefit for so-called'good landlords', which voluntarily cut rents, until next June and increase policy fund support.



Housing supply, which has emerged as the biggest public welfare challenge, is also expected to accelerate.



President Moon Jae-in, who received a report on the direction of next year's economic policy, ordered "to find a plan to increase the supply of housing in downtown areas with high demand such as the station area."



We hurried to supply 1.27 million units in the metropolitan area, including the third new city, and decided to provide tax incentives for private rental housing targeting the middle class.



However, next year's economic policy is highly likely to depend greatly on the quarantine situation, such as corona complaints and the commercialization of vaccines.



There is also a view that there is not enough preparation for the already discussed social distancing increase.



[Kim So-young / Professor of Economics, Seoul National University: It is said that 63% of the (overall redefinition) is spent in the first half.

There is a possibility that he will do additional supplementary work.

It seems to be a situation where people may be concerned about the fiscal soundness.]



Concerns are raised that the effect of consumption promotion measures will not be significant as there is no significant difference from the level previously implemented.



(Video coverage: Jung Seong-hwa·Kim Min-cheol, Video editing: Jo Moo-hwan, CG: Park Dong-soo)