South Korea April inflation accelerates to near four-year high, beats forecasts
Published Tue, May 4, 2021 · 07:11 AM
[SEOUL] South Korea's consumer prices rose 2.3 per cent in April from a year earlier, government data showed on Tuesday, the fastest growth since August 2017 and beating a 2.2 per cent increase tipped in a Reuters survey.
Month-on-month inflation was 0.2 per cent, slightly faster than a 0.1 per cent increase in March.
REUTERS
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