{"id":381820,"date":"2025-12-31T04:19:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T04:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/381820\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T04:19:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T04:19:06","slug":"south-korea-2025-consumer-inflation-roughly-in-line-with-central-bank-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/381820\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea 2025 consumer inflation roughly in line with central bank target"},"content":{"rendered":"

SEOUL, Dec 31 (Reuters) – South Korea’s consumer inflation for 2025 slowed to 2.1% from 2.3% in 2024, official data showed on Wednesday, roughly in line with the Bank of Korea’s target of 2% to potentially bolster the case for the bank to pause interest rates at the current level for longer.<\/p>\n

The Bank of Korea on November 27 kept interest rates unchanged at 2.50% for a fourth straight meeting and signaled<\/a> the bank could be nearing the end of its current rate cut cycle.<\/p>\n

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For December, the consumer price index (KRCPIY=ECI), opens new tab<\/a> rose 2.3% from a year earlier, also in line with median forecasts of 2.30%.<\/p>\n

The index increased 0.3% on a monthly basis, compared with a 0.2% rise expected by economists.<\/p>\n

Reporting by Cynthia Kim, Jihoon Lee; Editing by Chris Reese<\/p>\n

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