2025年9月,韩国消费者价格指数同比上涨2.1%,高于8月份的1.7%,超过了市场预期的2%。这标志着三个月来首次加速,突显出经济中新的价格压力。这一上涨主要是由于食品价格上涨,较去年同期飙升3.2%,而非食品价格上涨2.1%。额外的上行压力来自服务业、工业品、农产品和海产品,以及电力、天然气和水等公用事业。按月计算,9月份通货膨胀率攀升0.5%,扭转了8月份0.1%的下降趋势,超过了普遍预测的0.4%。这些数据可能会使韩国央行的政策立场复杂化,因为央行继续在支持经济放缓的需要与重新引发通货膨胀的风险之间取得平衡。
South Korea’s consumer prices rose 2.1% year-on-year in September 2025, picking up from a 1.7% increase in August and surpassing market expectations of 2%. It marked the first acceleration in three months, highlighting renewed price pressures in the economy. The uptick was mainly driven by higher food prices, which surged 3.2% from a year earlier, while non-food items advanced 2.1%. Additional upward pressure came from services, industrial goods, agricultural and marine products, and utilities such as electricity, gas, and water. On a monthly basis, inflation climbed 0.5% in September, reversing from a 0.1% decline in August and exceeding the consensus forecast of 0.4%. The data could complicate the Bank of Korea’s policy stance, as the central bank continues to balance the need to support a slowing economy with the risk of reigniting inflation.