7월 소비자물가 작년보다 0.7%↑…8개월째 0%대

By KH디지털2

Published : Aug. 4, 2015 - 09:19

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소비자물가 상승률이 8개월째 0%대를 기록하며 경기침체 속에서 물가가 하락하는 디플레이션 우려에서 벗어나지 못하고 있 다.

중동호흡기증후군(메르스) 여파는 별다르게 반영되지 않은 것으로 보였으나, 가뭄 여파가 남아있어 농산물 가격이 비교적 큰 폭으로 올랐다.

통계청이 4일 발표한 7월 소비자물가 동향을 보면 지난달 소비자물가 지수는 작년 같은 달보다 0.7% 올랐다.

지난달과 같은 물가 상승률로 지난해 12월 0.8%를 기록한 뒤 8개월 연속으로 0% 대에 그치고 있다.

농산물 및 석유류를 제외한 근원물가는 1년 전보다 2.0% 상승해 7개월 연속 2% 대를 나타냈다.

경제협력개발기구(OECD) 기준 근원물가인 식료품·에너지제외지수는 1년 전보다 2.5% 상승해 역시 7개월째 2%대를 보였다.

생활물가지수는 작년 같은 달보다 0.1% 하락했고, 채소류 가격 상승으로 신선식 품지수는 6.0% 상승했다.

가뭄의 영향으로 농축수산물은 작년보다 3.7% 올라 물가 상승을 주도했으나, 지 난달보다는 0.3% 떨어졌다.

김보경 통계청 물가통계과장은 "메르스 여파는 별로 보이지 않았고, 가뭄이 일 부 해소돼 가뭄 영향도 지난달보다 크지 않았다"면서 "전기료가 내렸지만 수도권 교 통요금이 올라 전반적으로 큰 변화가 없었다"고 말했다. (연합)

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S. Korea's consumer prices grow less than 1% for 8th straight month in July

South Korea's consumer prices grew less than 1 percent for the eighth month in a row in July, a government report showed Tuesday, as Asia's fourth-largest economy grapples with deflation concerns.

The country's consumer price index inched up 0.7 percent last month from a year earlier, the report by Statistics Korea showed.

The latest number remains unchanged from 0.7 percent on-year growth tallied in June.

"Weak international crude prices are continuing to influence overall consumer inflation," said Kim Bo-kyoung, head of the statistical agency's prices statistics division. "The lowering of utility prices, such as gas, electricity and water, further contributed to weak price gains."

Oil prices plunged 17.3 percent on-year in July, while gas, electricity and water charges fell 11.3 percent. On the other hand, agrofisheries prices advanced 3.7 percent last month.

The official said the agrofisheries sector increase was due to unfavorable weather conditions that affected output and costs.

The country's core inflation, which excludes volatile oil and food prices, increased 2 percent from July 2014 and remained unchanged from on-year growth tallied for the previous month. July marked the seventh straight month that core inflation grew by more than 2 percent on-year, the statistical office said.

The statistical office said that the core inflation rate exceeding the 2 percent mark is a sign that people are spending.

In the service sector, prices gained 2 percent in July from the year before and were up 0.6 percent vis-a-vis June. The rise was attributed to higher rent costs, as well as gains in private and public service fees.

The report also showed the "living necessities" price index, which measures the cost of key products that people consume on a daily basis, contracting 0.1 percent on-year in the one-month period.

This marks the seventh time that the index has fallen into negative territory since the statistical agency started compiling such figures in 1995. Growth numbers have been falling generally since August 2014, with living necessity prices dropping to the minus side from January onward. (Yonhap)

7월 소비자물가 작년보다 0.7%↑…8개월째 0%대

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