President Lee Jae Myung to Convene Emergency Meeting on Real Estate and Stock Markets
Quick Look
- President Lee Jae Myung will hold an emergency meeting Monday upon returning from an 11-day trip to discuss real estate and stock market policies.
- The closed-door session will address property tax revisions, housing supply, and measures for single-stock leveraged ETFs.
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Why It Matters
President Lee Jae Myung is convening an emergency meeting to address recent fluctuations in the real estate and stock markets, focusing on property tax, housing supply, and single-stock leveraged ETFs.
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung was set to convene an emergency meeting Monday, the same day he was set to return home from an 11-day trip, his office said, to discuss real estate and stock market policies amid recent fluctuations.
The closed-door meeting at Cheong Wa Dae will bring together Prime Minister Han Seong-sook, Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol and other relevant ministers to discuss pressing issues in the real estate and stock markets.
The government has sought to revise the property tax system, tackle supply and demand issues in the housing market, and introduce measures related to single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds, which have been blamed for heightened volatility in the stock market.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The government will discuss revising the property tax system.
Very likely · Within days
The government will discuss measures related to single-stock leveraged ETFs.
Very likely · Within days
Open Questions
- What specific policy measures will be decided?
- How will the proposed measures impact the markets?
