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Although oil prices have calmed down recently, the price of vegetables such as Chinese cabbage continues to rise, and utility rates are expected to rise one after another.

When it was predicted that this trend would continue next year, the government began to put pressure on companies to refrain from raising product prices.



This content was covered by reporter Jo Ki-ho.



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is an agricultural product stand at a large mart just a year ago.



There were quite a few cabbages back then, but there are only five or six cabbages on the same shelf now, and the price has jumped more than 70%.



[Go Hyo-jeong / Restaurant owner: Because the price of cabbage rises too much, it is difficult for the restaurant owner, and from the customer's point of view, 'Give me more, give me more'.

I ask for more, but I can't give it to you.]



Due to the drought and typhoon, other vegetables such as chives and green peppers also jumped as high as the price of cabbage.



The milk price increase is certain, but we are adjusting the width of the increase.



From next month, the electricity bill will be 4.9 won per kWh (kilowatt-hour), and the gas bill will also rise from 1.9 won to 2.3 won.



In addition, KEPCO and KOGAS are demanding additional raises, saying their deficits are too severe.



The government is pouring out measures.



We decided to release more cabbages to the market faster and more quickly, saying that we would catch the price of cabbage right away.



[Chu Gyeong-ho/Deputy Prime Minister of Economy: We will respond proactively by shipping the government-cultivated quantities in the fall before they are fully grown, and by importing Chinese cabbages for export kimchi earlier than originally planned.] At the same time, we



will ask the processed food industry to minimize price increases while raising prices unfairly. He even brought out a warning message to check if it was uploaded.



The OECD raised Korea's inflation rate this year to 5.2%, up 0.4 percentage points for the first time in three months, and predicted that it will rise by 3.9% next year.



In particular, if the won continues to weaken until next year, import prices will have no choice but to raise the overall price level again, making it difficult to get out of the swamp of high prices.



(Video editing: Cho Moo-hwan, CG: Choi Ha-neul, VJ: Kim Sang-hyeok)