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Last month, consumer prices rose 0.6% from a year ago.

Since October of last year, prices have not risen significantly, maintaining a low rate of increase of 0% for four consecutive months.

However, there are many people who are already scared to prepare for the upcoming New Year's Eve because the prices of vegetables and meat are higher than just a while ago when they go to the market.



Reporter Jeon Yeon-nam reported on why the prices I feel are so different from the statistical prices.



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front of the supermarket vegetable counter, consumers are unable to pick up items.



[Han Bong-ja/Guro-gu, Seoul: (Jikpa) What I bought for about 2,000 won is now 7,000 won.

I thought it was the right keep picking].



[Article bokrye / Guro-gu, Seoul (CART) holding so horrible fraud is now.

Because I can't grab the (thing) quickly...

.]



Compared to the same month last year, prices for vegetables and fruits such as green onions 77%, onions 60%, apples 45% have soared, and food prices such as pork 18% and chicken 13% are soaring.



Inflation of livestock and aquatic products overall rose 10%, and among them, consumer prices for livestock products such as eggs and beef recorded the highest increase in six years.



Food prices, which continued to rise due to the longest rainy season last year, have not been broken due to bad factors such as heavy winter snow, cold waves, and avian influenza epidemic.



Service prices have stabilized due to policy influences such as lower electricity, water, and gas prices, support for communication costs, and free high school education, but consumers cannot experience low prices as food prices rise.



[Jung-Hyun Lee/Director of Inflation Trends, Statistics Office: (The inflation rate itself) is very low, but in fact, the agricultural and livestock products that our citizens can feel now have a little bit of a sensational increase.)]



Jeonse 1%, The rise in housing expenses for nine consecutive months, such as 0.4% monthly rent, also affected.



There is also a prospect that the perceived inflation may continue to be unstable as international commodity prices and grain prices are fluctuating as liquidity has recently eased.



(Video coverage: Kim Hyeonsang, video editing: Kim Jongmi)