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Construction employment declines the most… “We’ll do a social mobility plan next month”

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The government held a meeting of ministers related to the economy.

They announced that they will prepare the ‘Second Social Movement Development Plan’ next month to promote the economic activities of vulnerable groups such as youth and women.

Let’s connect with a reporter from the Ministry of Economy to hear more information.

Reporter Kang Eun-na-rae.

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Yes, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Strategy and Finance Choi Sang-mok concluded that “domestic demand constraints such as prices and financial cost burdens are gradually reducing, but the observed economic situation remains difficult. “

In this regard, we analyzed employment trends in September from Statistics Korea.

The number of people who worked last month increased by 144,000 compared to the same month last year, and the increase has remained in the 100,000 range for three months.

The number of people working in the information and communications industry, professional science and technology services, and transport and storage increased, but the ‘cold wave of employment’ continued in the wholesale, retail and construction industries.

The number of people employed in wholesale and retail fell by 104,000, the biggest decline since November 2011.

The construction industry also fell by 100,000 people. This is the largest decline ever since the revision to the 10th business classification in 2013.

By age, the number of employed people over 60 increased by 272,000, while the number of young people aged 15 to 29 decreased by 168,000 and those in their 40s decreased by 62,000.

The overall employment rate for those aged 15 and over was 63.3%, up 0.1%p from the same month last year, but the youth employment rate was 45.8%, down 0.7%p.

Accordingly, the government plans to prepare the second social movement development plan next month to promote the economic activities of vulnerable groups such as youth, women and middle-aged people.

Deputy Prime Minister Choi said, “We plan to improve the handling of skilled workers and expand employment training for young people to allow new workers to enter the construction industry,” and added, “We will we share a plan for consistency in delivery within this month.”

In addition, in relation to the ‘Comprehensive Support Plan for the Semiconductor Ecosystem‘, which will invest 8.8 trillion won, the government plans to “release a road and water preliminary feasibility study for Yongin semiconductor industrial center and cost sharing promotion of 2.4 trillion. won between the government and the public.” It was stated.

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