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Recently, most of the goods have risen in price to the extent that it is difficult to find ones that have not risen in price, but now service rates close to our lives are also rising.
Prices for hairdressers, laundry, and bathrooms are also rising one after another.
Reporter Jung Jun-ho pointed this out.
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A beauty salon in Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do.
The adult cut rate, which was 18,000 won until last year, has risen to 20,000 won from this year.
It was an increase of 2,000 won, which is an 11% increase in terms of the rate of increase.
I didn't raise it during Corona to fear that even a few customers would cut off, but after all, I raised the price for the first time in 4 years.
[Kim Jong-in / Beauty Salon Manager: After the perm agent or dye, the electricity bill rises, and the salaries of the employees go up a lot, so we can't not reflect the rise in prices too...
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As inflation started to rise due to the rise in raw material prices, service charges are rising one after another.
Last month, service charges compiled by the Korea Consumer Agency increased by up to 10% compared to the same period a year ago for the five major charges for laundry, lodging, and beauty.
Excluding some food service items, the service price increase was limited until the end of last year, but it started to surge from this year.
It is interpreted that the increase in the price of raw materials exerted pressure to increase labor costs, affecting service rates, which account for a large proportion of labor costs.
[Ha Jun-kyung / Professor of Economics, Hanyang University: You can feel that the cost of living is higher.
Then there will be more demand for a wage increase...
Inflation should be seen as a situation in which the continuity is getting higher now.]
After energy and raw materials, service rates centered on labor costs also rise, raising concerns that a vicious cycle in which prices stimulate wages and wages stimulate each other has already begun. It's getting bigger.
(Video editing: Yoon Tae-ho, VJ: Park Hyun-woo)