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Consumer prices in April rose 2.3% from a year ago.

It has risen the most in 3 years and 8 months.

Recently, the price of agricultural and livestock products has continued to rise, and international oil prices have risen significantly.

In addition, as the consumption of people who had been contracted by the corona is gradually reviving, there are also concerns that inflation will rise further in the future.



This is Jeon Yeon-nam reporter.



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Consumers who visit the mart are unable to put things in their shopping carts.



[Ahn Yun-gyun/Seoul Yangcheon-gu: It has been a long time since Korean leeks are expensive.

It didn't come down.

Yesterday I bought it for 5,000 won per unit, but in the neighborhood.

(The price) has to fall, but it doesn't fall...

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[Park Hak-jeom/Guro-gu, Seoul: I am surprised because it is expensive. As it rises, more and more now, our common people have to eat less and less expensive ones. The



price of agricultural and livestock products, which is directly linked to the price of the shopping cart, continues to rise. Compared to the same period last year, the price of green onions soared 270%, and apples, red pepper powder, rice, and eggs are still expensive.



As raw material prices have risen, food prices such as instant rice, cooking oil, ham, and makgeolli are also rising at the same time, and external plant prices also jumped 1.9%.



International oil prices have risen the most since 2017, and these days, affordable gas stations have no time to step.



[Go Jeong-suk/Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi: I came on purpose. Have a cheap here too. In other places, it is one thousand five hundred and one thousand six hundred, but here it is like an angel hundred. Now add a little less (oil). In other places.]



Here, the possibility of inflation is raised as consumption, which had been contracted by Corona 19, quickly recovers due to the effects of vaccine supply and other factors.



Governments are competing to loosen money to stimulate the economy, and supply has not been able to keep up with the rapidly increasing demand such as semiconductors, which is further stimulating prices.



[Taeyoon Seong/Professor, Yonsei University Department of Economics: Until now, prices are rising despite the fact that the overall economy has not risen. If the



economy

recovers afterwards, there will be additional inflation pressure.] There are even

concerns that the economic recovery momentum that has only arrived may be stricken by the stalemate of inflation.



(Video coverage: Kim Hak-mo, video editing: Lee Seung-yeol)