President Lee Jae Myung is betting on the same economic playbook despite a Cabinet reshuffle, with career bureaucrats tapped to lead the ministries overseeing economic and housing policies, analysts said Monday. Lee on Sunday nominated Lee Hyoung-il, currently first vice finance minister, as his nominee for finance minister, and Hong Jee-sun, currently second vice minister of land, infrastructure and transport, to lead the ministry. The two were among six ministerial nominees announced in the reshuffle. The changes come as both economic and housing policies have faced growing public criticism. The departures of Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol and Land Minister Kim Yoon-duk were widely viewed as dismissals, with public sentiment turning against the Lee administration following the tax reform package and housing supply plans unveiled earlier this month. However, the president's choice of replacements suggests that he is seeking to reinforce rather than overhaul his policy direction. "The reshuffle of the economic policy team is about maintaining policy continuity while delivering tangible re