President Moon Jae-in has specifically asked authorities, including the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, to manage prices during Chuseok holidays, said Park Soo-hyeon, senior presidential secretary for public communication at the Blue House.
In a post on SNS today (4th), Chief Park revealed that "President Moon received a report on the economic policy direction for the second half of the year from the Ministry of Economy and Finance on the 22nd of last month and made more than 10 orders and instructions on the spot."
First of all, when the Ministry of Strategy and Finance reported that the annual inflation rate could be managed within 2%, President Moon said, "Annual rate of increase is important, but Chuseok price is very important." He added, "Even if the supply decreases by 4~5% points, it will increase by 40~50%. There are items whose prices are skyrocketing, and it takes time to manage the prices of these items, so we should carefully look at countermeasures in advance until Chuseok."
In addition, when the Ministry of Strategy and Finance reported support in the fields of culture, art, performance, and tourism as a sub-item of support for small businesses in the supplementary budget formation, it ordered "to expand support by upgrading it to the same level as the measures to support small businesses."
When the Ministry of Strategy and Finance has recently been criticized for focusing too much on youth support, President Moon said, "The difficulties of young people are not only those of young people, but also the pain of their parents and the difficulties of the nation." He said, "Let's explain this well to the people."
Chief Park's post on this SNS was titled 'The President's Story Not in the Briefing', and he said, "I will inform the media and the public that I will record the president's policy sensibility that cannot be included in an official briefing."
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