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friendly economy, today (3rd) is also with reporter Kwon Aeri. Reporter Kwon, the consumer price was in place last month.

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Yes. It's true that the prices have generally shrunk. Housewives who see Jang Bo, who are looking at the coldest prices every day, say, "Is it really? Is it a problem because the prices are not rising now?" You can be fat.

Shopping cart prices, especially fresh food prices, climbed in the middle of 3%, the only major increase in the price index.

There are quite a few groceries that are noticeably priced.

In particular, the rise of meat, livestock and aquatic products, which tend to be sensitive to rising prices, has been outstanding.

The most notable thing is pork.

Those who are mainly responsible for raising the price of pig meat these days probably already know.

Domestic chilled pork belly, when it starts to go over 2,000 won to 100g in the market,'Oh, is it expensive?' You're starting to feel like this, but as of yesterday, the retail price of the Agricultural and Fishery Food Distribution Corporation exceeded 2,400 won.

In May, 12.2% rose compared to last May, and compared to April, 11.2% rose.

Inflation mainly sees a rise compared to the same month of the previous year, which is the highest level since February 2015.

And, as we entered this month, the trend continues to rise.

Less than pork, but also beef.

It rose 6.6% from May last year, the biggest increase in price in almost three and a half years.

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Why is that?

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There seems to be a little like that. First, it seems that there are aspects that reflect the life patterns after corona.

It is that the number of people who eat and eat at home is large.

There are two main factors for the price to rise.

The supply of certain items may decrease, so the price may rise or the number of people looking for it may rise, but the amount of meat currently distributed in both pork and beef is almost the same as last year.

As you can see, this year is a little more.

That means that there are a lot of people who buy meat recently, but it wasn't so easy to consume meat outside the house, but the overall food price was only 0.6% higher.

Considering that the restaurant prices in May have been rising at around 2% in recent years, it is also revealed that the catering industry has been hit hard.

After all, there was a lot of demand for eating rice.

Also, it was considered that there was an impact of the emergency disaster subsidy.

Since the emergency funding was resolved, meat consumption has increased significantly among food products.

Normally, when households become tight, it's hard to get hands on meat, but with the money given by the country, after eating and eating meat for a long time, it's good, but there were a lot of people who seemed to have suddenly increased the price. It was.

The National Statistical Office surveys three times a month to calculate prices.

In mid-May, the price of meat has risen more and more since the middle of the emergency disaster relief fund began to be released.

[Lee Doo-Won, Head of Price Trend, Statistics Korea: In particular, in the case of pork, it was judged that there was some effect of the emergency disaster subsidy from the point of view of the increase from the middle to the end of May (May).]

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In the aftermath of Corona 19, such items related to something you do at home, such as home-cooked rice, are also raising prices

<Reporter>

Yes. In addition to raw meat, processed items such as ham and bacon, and eggs, onions, and sweet potatoes, so there were not many factors that could cause supply, but items that were easy to eat at home showed a general rise.

In addition, there is one item that showed a noticeable upward trend among industrial products that showed an overall trend of falling prices.

It is a dye.

The world's first beauty industry was hit by the corona era.

It is a typical service industry of a kind that is difficult to maintain a gap between the service provider and the customer, and many people do self-dyeing at home because they cannot go to the beauty salon, and this atmosphere is reflected in the price.

In any case, prices are generally in place, and the fact that lowering the price of oil affects many kinds of things in many ways, but it is true that ordinary households have a way to lower the consumption burden.

However, the price trend in May is that people need to think about the price of groceries that people feel most sensitive in real life.

In Korea, the basic portion of grocery costs is a little higher than the price trend, so it seems necessary to keep an eye on the low price in the corona situation and keep an eye on food prices.