South Korea October Consumer Price Index: Summary
By Sarina Yoo -
2011-10-31T23:03:45Z
Following is a summary of South Korea’s October consumer prices from Statistics Korea.
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Oct. Sept. Aug. July June May April March Feb.
2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011
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------------------------ Overall CPI ------------------------
CPI YoY 3.9% 4.3% 5.3% 4.7% 4.4% 4.1% 4.2% 4.7% 4.5%
CPI MoM -0.2% 0.1% 0.9% 0.7% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5% 0.8%
Overall CPI 122.4 122.6 122.5 121.4 120.6 120.4 120.4 120.4 119.8
------------------------- Core CPI --------------------------
Core CPI YoY 3.7% 3.9% 4.0% 3.8% 3.7% 3.5% 3.2% 3.3% 3.1%
Core CPI MoM -0.2% 0.2% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.5% 0.2% 0.3% 0.7%
Core CPI 119.4 119.6 119.4 119.0 118.6 118.2 117.6 117.4 117.1
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Note: From December 2006, prices are rebased to 2005=100. Surveys are conducted in 38 cities including Seoul and covers 489 items. Core CPI excludes agriculture and energy prices.
Source: Statistics Korea
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