SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in's approval rating inched down this week on mixed news about the economy, a weekly poll showed on Thursday.

According to the Realmeter survey, support for Moon was 49.6 percent this week, down 0.8 percentage points from the previous week.

The negative assessment on Moon's management of state affairs also shed 0.7 percentage points to 44.7 percent.

It came as mixed news were reported about the economy, including a higher jobless rate and a lower housing price that were offset by positive news such as the government's effort to boost the regional economy.

Support for Moon's ruling Democratic Party gained 2 percentage points to 40.9 percent this week.

The approval score for the main opposition Liberty Korea Party retreated 3.2 percentage points to 25.7 percent as some of the party members disparaged the May 18 democratic movement in 1980 against the military dictatorship.

The minor progressive Justice Party won 6.5 percent of support, followed by the minor conservative Bareun Future Party and the center-left Party for Democracy and Peace that took supports of 5.6 percent and 2.5 percent each.

The results were based on a poll of 1,507 voters conducted from Monday to Wednesday. It had plus and minus 2.5 percentage points in margin of error with a 95 percent confidence level.