Last month, the consumer price index rose 2.6% compared to the previous year, recording an increase of more than 2% for the fifth month in a row.
Agricultural and fishery products still continued to rise sharply, and as gasoline and diesel continued to rise, they jumped at the same pace as in May, the highest rate in nine years.
By item, eggs rose 54.6%, showing a double-digit increase for eight consecutive months, while pork production rose 11% and watermelon 38.1%, up 7.8% from the same month last year.
Petroleum products such as diesel 23.5% and gasoline 20.8% rose 21.6%, while raw material prices rose and processed food prices rose 3.2% for industrial products.
This is the biggest increase in 9 years and 3 months since 3.5% in May 2012.
Personal services rose 2.7%, with dining out rising 2.8% and insurance service fees rising 9.6%.
Rent rose 1.6%, with jeonse rising 2.2% and monthly rent also rising 0.9%, the largest increase in 7 years since 2014.
“The increase was larger than expected,” said Eo Woon-seon, director of economic trend statistics at the National Statistical Office. I did.
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