[종합] January consumer prices rose 0.6%… Maintain 0% level at 4 months

[세종=뉴스핌] Reporter Choi On-jung = Last month, consumer prices rose 0.6%, recording an increase of 0% for four consecutive months. Inflation of agricultural and marine products and services rose, but the rate of increase did not reach 1% as prices of industrial products, electricity, water, and gas fell due to the fall of international oil prices.

According to the’Consumer Price Trends for January 2021′ released by the National Statistical Office on the 2nd, the consumer price index last month was 106.47, up 0.6% from a year ago. Consumer inflation increased from June (0.0%) last year to July (0.3%), August (0.7%), and September (1.0%), but fell to 0.1% in October due to the government’s support for telecom expenses. lost. After that, it rose to 0.6% in November and 0.5% in December.

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The living price index, consisting of 141 items with high purchasing frequency, rose 0.3% from the same month last year. Among all items, food rose 3.8%, but non-food items fell 1.6%, resulting in a decline in the overall price index.

Among them, the fresh food index, consisting of 50 items such as vegetables and fruits, rose 9.2% over the same period. Fresh fruits rose 20.5%, showing the highest growth rate, while seafood and vegetables rose 3.6% and 3.0%, respectively.

By expenditure, food and non-alcoholic beverages rose 6.5% from a year ago, and other goods and services (2.0%), health (1.0%), food and lodging (0.9%), and clothing and shoes (0.7%) rose. . On the other hand, transportation (-2.9%), education (-2.9%), communication (-1.3%), entertainment and culture (-0.8%) declined.

By item, the product rose 0.9% year-on-year. Among the products, agricultural and marine products rose 10.0%, while green onions (76.9%), onions (60.3%), apples (45.5%), red pepper powder (34.4%), and pork (18.0%) rose significantly. Industrial products fell 0.6% over the same period, while electricity, water and gas fell 5.0%.

Service rose 0.4% year-on-year. Rent rose 0.7% and public services fell 2.1%. Personal services rose 1.5%. In public service, high school payments (-93.3%) and mobile phone charges (-1.5%) fell, while private services, apartment house management fees (6.7%), and insurance service fees (8.1%) rose.

The agricultural products and petroleum exclusion index, which represents the source price, rose 0.9% from a year ago. The food and energy exclusion index, which is the basis of the OECD’s comparative standard, rose 0.4% from the same month last year.

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