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Finance minister says reform will touch finance, labor sectors
Posted : 2014-11-21 17:33
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By Chung Ah-young

Choi Kyung-hwanFinance minister
Choi Kyung-hwan
Finance minister
Finance Minister Choi Kyung-hwan said Friday that the finance, labor and education sectors will be subject to structural reform next year.

"Reforms should be a key to achieving full-fledged economic recovery," he said in a meeting with heads of major research institutes.

He said Japan has been in recession despite quantitative easing policies because its structural reforms fell flat.

"We should learn from Japan's case," he said.

"The reforms will help improve money flows and workforces," Choi said.

The government is planning to form a "corporate" rental market citing Booyoung Group's main business in large-scale rental home construction, which offers thousands of rental houses to tenants.

The deposit-based housing system "jeonse" is fast transforming into monthly rent.

He also said that the nation's economy is slowly recovering from a slump in the second quarter thanks to expansionary policies and real estate stimulus measures.

"In the third quarter, the government's spending and construction investments have been on the rise, gradually recovering to the level before the Sewol ferry sinking occurred. Also, the property market is slowly reviving," he said.

Consumer spending has shrunk since the fatal Sewol ferry sinking in April.

Choi said that economic recovery momentum remains weak as the major manufacturers' performances are not robust and money is not circulating well.

For next year, he predicted that uncertainties triggered by external factors from Europe and China will emerge as major hazards to the economy, but they will not deter growth.

"As the global economy's growth is expected to expand next year, Korea will also see an improvement in overall economic situations which will bring the actual effects of the expansionary macroeconomic policies," he said.

The minister also said that the IMF-OECD evaluation praised Korea's three-year plan for being "exemplary," noting that if the plan is implemented successfully, Korea will grow 4.4 percent, the largest growth rate in the G20 (which is on track to average 2.1 percent).

He attended the last G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting of Australia's Presidency in Brisbane, Australia, Nov. 15.

The IMF and OECD, at the G20's behest, evaluated the national growth strategies and announced their findings at the last meeting.

They praised Korea for developing a growth strategy in line with the principles of the Brisbane Action Plan, specifically recognizing Korea's regulatory reform efforts and investment-boosting policies.





최경환 경제부총리 겸 기획재정부 장관은 21일 '경기회복의 긍정적 신호가 본격적인 실물경제 회복세로 확산되기 위해서는 '가파르지만 넘어야 할 산'이 있는데, 바로 구조개혁'이라고 밝혔다. 

최 부총리는 이날 오전 서울 프레스센터에서 주요 연구기관장 조찬 간담회를 갖고 인사말을 통해 '한국 경제는 확장적 거시정책, 부동산대책 등으로 2분기 부진에서 벗어나 점차 개선되고 있다'며 이렇게 말했다. 

그는 '3분기에는 정부소비, 건설투자가 증가하면서 세월호 사고 이전 수준을 회복했고 부동산시장에도 점차 온기가 돌고 있다'고 설명했다. 

그는 그러나 '아직 경기회복 모멘텀은 미약한 상황'이라며 '주력 제조업의 경영실적이 둔화되고 있고, 시중에 돈은 많이 풀렸으나 기업·금융기관 등 경제주체의 기업가 정신 부족으로 돈이 용처를 찾지 못하는 '돈맥경화' 현상이 생기고 있다'고 지적했다. 

최 부총리는 '내년 경제정책방향은 3개년 계획의 틀 속에서 추진하고자 한다'며 '공공부문의 선도적 개혁을 바탕으로 금융·노동·교육 등 자급과 인력 부문 개혁을 통해 자금과 인력 부문의 생태계를 변화시킬 수 있는 근본적 개혁에 집중하겠다'고 말했다. 

'주력 산업과 미래 성장산업의 경쟁렬 제고를 위해 관련 분야 선도 프로젝트를 발굴하고 투자재원을 지원하는 데 총력을 기울이겠다'고 밝혔다. 

최 부총리는 '내년에는 유럽, 중국 경제부진 등 대내외 불확실성 등으로 긴장의 끈을 놓을 수 없다'면서도 '세계경제의 성장세가 확대되는 가운데 확장적 거시정책의 효과도 본격화하는 등 전반적 경제상황은 점차 개선될 것으로 기대된다'고 말했다. 

그는 구조개혁을 강조하면서 '천문학적인 양적완화 정책을 추진하고 있지만 구조개혁을 제대로 추진하지 못해 흔들리는 일본을 반면교사로 삼아야 한다'고 밝혔다. 

그러면서 '우리의 성장 전략이 담긴 '경제혁신 3개년 계획'은 주요 20개국(G20) 회원국 중 최고로 평가받았다'며 '이제는 차질없는 이행을 통해 실질적인 성과 창출에 매진해야 한다'고 강조했다. 

그는 전세에서 월세로의 패러다임 전환에 대응해 민간임대시장을 주요 산업으로 육성하는 임대시장 구조개혁을 추진하겠다는 방침을 밝혔다. 

비공개로 진행된 간담회에서 최 부총리는 민간임대시장을 재차 강조했다고 이찬우 기재부 경제정책국장이 전했다. 

이 국장은 '기업형 민간임대시장을 육성하자는 것이 정부의 기본 취지'라며 '현재 부영건설이 1천세대, 2천세대 규모로 임대시장에 뛰어드는 방식을 참고해 임대시장을 키우자는 취지'라고 설명했다. 

그는 이어 '이를 추진하기 위해 세제, 금융 등의 정책을 검토하고 있다'며 '규제를 획기적으로 풀겠다는 것이 기본 방침'이라고 말했다.  

이 국장은 최 부총리가 모두발언에서 언급한 '인력 구조개혁'에 대해 '산업 현장의 수요에 맞는 인력을 훈련시켜서 그들이 제대로 된 직장을 갖게 하자는 것'이라며 ''선취업 후진학' 같은 제도를 강화하자는 취지'라고 설명했다. 

간담회에 참석한 일부 연구원장은 재정적자가 불가피하다는 점을 인정하면서도 일부 우려의 목소리와 함께 관리를 소홀히 해서는 안 된다고 지적했다. 

과거 한국 전체 수출의 80%를 차지하던 10대 산업의 비중이 이제는 4∼5% 수준으로 내려갔다며, 정부가 새로운 산업이 활성화될 수 있도록 과감히 규제를 완화해야 한다는 목소리도 있었다. 

정부가 저물가 현상을 해소하려면 수요를 키우기 위한 노력을 기울여야 한다며, 투자를 활성화하려면 네거티브 시스템을 통해 규제를 획기적으로 개선해야 한다는 의견도 나왔다. 

간담회에는 김경환 국토연구원장, 김도훈 산업연구원장, 김준경 한국개발연구원장, 옥동석 한국조세연구원장, 윤창현 한국금융연구원장, 정진호 한국노동연구원 연구관리본부장, 최병호 한국보건사회연구원장, 김주형 LG경제연구원장, 하태형 현대경제연구원장, 황규호 SK경영경제연구소장이 참석했다. (연합뉴스)
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