South Korean consumers' inflation expectations inch up in January
Reuters
Published Jan 25, 2023 04:04PM ET
Updated Jan 25, 2023 04:14PM ET
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean consumers' inflation expectations inched up in January, with sentiment toward economic conditions and the outlook also improving, a central bank survey showed on Thursday.
The median expectation for consumer inflation in the next 12 months rose to 3.9% in January, from 3.8% in December, according to the Bank of Korea's survey of 2,500 households nationwide, conducted during Jan. 9-16.
It was the first increase in three months, after hitting a seven-month low in the previous month. It had risen to a peak of 4.7% in July, the highest in at least two decades.
The percentage of respondents who counted public costs as a factor affecting consumer prices rose 8.6 percentage points to 75.9%, while that for most other products fell. South Korea raised electricity prices for the first quarter by nearly 10%.
Meanwhile, the consumer sentiment index rose to 90.7 from 90.2, in its second straight month of gains, with sub-indexes on the outlook for spending up by 0.7 points and household income up 0.4 points.
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