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South Korea's inflation speeds up for first time in 7 months
Published Tue, Jun 2, 2015 · 09:50 PM
Seoul
SOUTH Korea's annual inflation in May accelerated for the first time in seven months, but still-low price pressures give the central bank enough headroom to cut interest rates again to jump-start a tottering economy.
The consumer price index rose 0.5 per cent in May from a year earlier, Statistics Korea data showed on Tuesday, up from a 0.4 per cent increase in April. It was the first pick-…
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