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President Lee Jae Myung announced on the 30th that the government is preparing a plan to purchase houses in large quantities in the event of a plunge in housing prices. President Lee believes that housing prices will fall significantly in the future due to external conditions such as the government’s expansion of supply, policy to curb real estate speculation, and interest rate hikes, and if such a situation occurs, the government will buy it in large quantities and use it as public housing. On the same day, President Lee told X, “The government has ordered the government to prepare a system to purchase houses below a certain standard for public housing in case housing prices plunge due to early mass supply, suppression of speculative demand, overdue loans due to high interest rates, and a surge in auctions.”
Based on the forecast that the Bank of Korea will raise its key interest rate to 3.5 percent by the first quarter of next year, President Lee said, “The number of mortgage delinquency and auction items is increasing a lot. Pay attention to the successful bid rate, he said. “The government will mobilize all of its national capabilities not only to reform the financial and tax systems, but also to expand housing supply and supply quickly.”
Amid the recent controversy over the real estate tax reform, President Lee’s government approval rating has been deadcrossed (negative ratings have exceeded positive ratings), he has also reaffirmed his will to root out real estate speculation in the future. President Lee stressed, “For the future of the country and the hopes of the next generation, we must eliminate the risk of real estate speculation bombs and lost 30 years.” As voices raised questions about the appropriateness of recent economic policy directions, such as pointing out the discrepancy between monetary and fiscal policies, Cheong Wa Dae economic staff took the lead in actively refuting them.
“Until now, it has been most urgent to raise the economy and create the foundation for growth, but now it is time to connect the power of growth to the lives and opportunities of the people,” said Yongbum Kim, head of the Blue House’s policy office. “After a time when we had to devote all our energy to reviving the embers of growth, it is now time for the policy to join forces to ensure that the achievements spread faster and more evenly throughout the lives of the people,” he said. In particular, “distribution and growth are not at odds,” he said. “If the growth of high-tech industries creates corporate profits and jobs and increases the nation’s financial capacity, it can invest that capacity back into the capabilities and opportunities of the people. More people’s challenges and achievements again lead to a virtuous cycle of productivity, consumption, start-ups and innovation, he stressed.
Ha Joon-kyung, senior presidential secretary for economic affairs, said on the previous day, “In the alternative period before the global financial crisis, when the neoliberal policy stance was the trend, the dominant policy combination was to ease monetary policy but reduce the role of fiscal policy. “The tight monetary policy for price management and the selective and active fiscal policy to care for the sector hit by high interest rates and bridge structural gaps are never at odds,” said Ryu Deok-hyun, presidential financial planning adviser.
[Reporter Chae Jongwon]