Consumer prices rose 2.8% in July, slowing for first time in three months, but core inflation hit 2.6%
BOK sees August inflation edge up on base effect
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Oil product prices rose 15.5 percent from a year earlier in July, remaining elevated but slowing from a 24.7 percent on-year increase in June. Core inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, advanced 2.6 percent compared with July last year, the sharpest growth since the 2.8 percent growth posted in December 2023. A shopper shops at a supermarket in Seoul on Wednesday. (Yonhap) Inflation is expected to edge up in August from the previous month due to a base effect, while lingering Middle East tensions continue to fuel cost-push inflationary pressure, the central bank said Tuesday.
Furthermore, "Consumer prices in July slowed as prices of petroleum and agricultural products fell," Deputy Gov. Lee Ji-ho said during a meeting to review inflation trends. Earlier in the day, government data showed that the country's consumer prices rose 2.8 percent last month from a year earlier, falling below the 3 percent mark for the first time in three months. "However, core inflation rose slightly due to higher prices of durable goods amid cost-push inflation." "In August, inflation is projected to accelerate, driven by the base effect of large-scale discount programs offered by some mobile carriers last year," he added.
In addition, The slowdown came as oil prices stabilized following a short-lived ceasefire in the Middle East, while government oil price caps also helped ease inflationary pressure.
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Oil product prices rose 15.5 percent from a year earlier in July, remaining elevated but slowing from a 24.7 percent on-year increase in June.
reliability low1/2 sourcesCore inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, advanced 2.6 percent compared with July last year, the sharpest growth since the 2.8 percent growth posted in December 2023.
reliability low1/2 sourcesA shopper shops at a supermarket in Seoul on Wednesday. (Yonhap) Inflation is expected to edge up in August from the previous month due to a base effect, while lingering Middle East tensions continue to fuel cost-push inflationary pressure, the central bank said Tuesday.
reliability low1/2 sourcesAgricultural product prices fell 2.2 percent from a year earlier.
reliability low1/2 sources"Consumer prices in July slowed as prices of petroleum and agricultural products fell," Deputy Gov. Lee Ji-ho said during a meeting to review inflation trends.
reliability low1/2 sourcesEarlier in the day, government data showed that the country's consumer prices rose 2.8 percent last month from a year earlier, falling below the 3 percent mark for the first time in three months.
reliability low1/2 sources"However, core inflation rose slightly due to higher prices of durable goods amid cost-push inflation." "In August, inflation is projected to accelerate, driven by the base effect of large-scale discount programs offered by some mobile carriers last year," he added.
reliability low1/2 sourcesThe slowdown came as oil prices stabilized following a short-lived ceasefire in the Middle East, while government oil price caps also helped ease inflationary pressure.
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