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was found that producer prices, which have a major impact on consumer prices, rose the most in 13 years last month. As the price of raw materials soared, the price of industrial products rose, and it is difficult to find items that have not risen to the level of livestock and fishery products.



This is reporter Jeon Yeon-nam.



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It is not easy to put a single item in a shopping cart in the face of soaring prices.



[Shin Yeon-hwa / Mart Visiting Consumer: Things are expensive. It costs tens of thousands of won to buy something, and 50,000 won if you don't buy a few things. (Prices) all go up, so is there anything special, if you want to eat... .] The



producer price index for November increased by nearly 10% compared to the same month last year.



It has risen for 13 months in a row since November of last year, reaching an all-time high in 13 years.



The price of agricultural and fishery products increased by 5.8% compared to the same month last year.



Cucumber and garlic, which suffered from poor harvest, rose 125% and 50%, respectively, and prices of pork and chicken, which were in high demand due to social distancing, also rose significantly.



Industrial prices have also risen significantly.



The increase in international oil and raw material prices was cited as the biggest factor.



Coal and petroleum products showed the highest growth rate of 3.8%, followed by primary metal products and chemical products.



Inflation in the electricity, gas and water sector also rose 1.8%.



The problem is that you never know when this uptrend will stop.



[Kim Sang-bong/Professor of Economics, Hansung University: Currently, inflation is not a temporary situation in the world.

Looking at the base effect, supply chain problems, or other neighboring countries, it is highly likely that the (uptrend) will continue until the first half of the year.] As



producer prices are reflected in consumer prices with a lag of one month, inflationary pressure is expected to continue next year as well.



(Video editing: Park Ki-duk, VJ: Park Hyeon-woo)