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Last month, producer prices rose the most in 13 years. Industrial products, gas, water, and livestock and fishery products are not even on the list of items that have not risen, but there is a forecast that inflationary pressure will be fierce next year as well.
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 in November rose 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.
The price of industrial products has also risen noticeably.
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.
If you look 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.