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Embargo & Release Date : 8:00 A.M. May 2, 2017
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Price Statistics Division Economic Statistics Bureau, STATISTICS KOREA
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Consumer Price Index
in April 2017
Consumer Price Index: April 2017
□ The Consumer Price Index was 102.66(2015=100) in April 2017. The index decreased 0.1 percent from the preceding month and rose 1.9 percent from April 2016.
◦ The index excluding agricultural products and oils was 102.84 in April 2017.
The index increased 0.1 percent from the preceding month and rose 1.3 percent from April 2016.
< The Current Trend of Consumer Price Index >
(2015=100, %)
CPI 2016 2017
Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr.
All items 101.46 101.60 101.45 101.56 102.43 102.77 102.79 102.66 Percent changes from
the preceding month 0.6 0.1 -0.1 0.1 0.9 0.3 0.0 -0.1
Percent changes over
the last 12 months 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.3 2.0 1.9 2.2 1.9
Excluding agricultural
products and oils 101.68 102.12 101.98 101.86 102.49 102.73 102.75 102.84 Percent changes from
the preceding month 0.0 0.4 -0.1 -0.1 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.1
Percent changes over
the last 12 months 1.5 1.8 1.6 1.2 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.3
< Month-on-month changes >
◦ The index for Alcoholic beverages and tobacco, Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels, Communication, Recreation and culture, Education and Restaurants and hotels increased 0.2 percent, 0.1 percent, 0.6 percent, 1.3 percent, 0.1 percent and 0.2 percent respectively in April.
◦ The index for Food and non-alcoholic beverages, Clothing and footwear,
Furnishings, household equipment & routine maintenance, Health, Transport
and Miscellaneous goods and services decreased 0.8 percent, 0.9 percent,
0.5 percent, 0.3 percent, 0.5 percent and 0.3 percent respectively in April.
< Consumer Price Index and major components >
(2015=100, %)
Expenditure category
Number
of Items Weights
April 2016 April 2017
Index
Percent changes
from the preceding
month
Percent changes
from April 2015
Index
Percent changes
from the preceding
month
Percent changes
from April 2016
All items 460 1000.0 100.75 0.2 1.0 102.66 -0.1 1.9
Food and non-alcoholic
beverages 133 137.7 102.30 0.0 3.0 105.00 -0.8 2.6
Alcoholic beverages and
tobacco 7 15.5 100.73 0.1 0.8 102.28 0.2 1.5
Clothing and footwear 30 61.4 101.55 0.0 2.4 101.75 -0.9 0.2 Housing, water, electricity,
gas and other fuels 16 170.2 99.60 0.1 -0.5 100.70 0.1 1.1 Furnishings, household equip
ment & routine maintenance 49 41.7 101.29 -0.4 1.8 102.25 -0.5 0.9
Health 32 68.7 100.99 0.1 0.9 101.73 -0.3 0.7
Transport 32 111.0 96.12 0.4 -3.5 101.30 -0.5 5.4
Communication 6 54.8 100.42 1.2 0.7 100.09 0.6 -0.3
Recreation and culture 55 57.2 100.72 0.4 0.8 102.66 1.3 1.9
Education 20 97.0 101.54 0.1 1.6 102.81 0.1 1.3
Restaurants and hotels 44 129.4 102.26 0.3 2.6 104.49 0.2 2.2 Miscellaneous goods and
services 36 55.4 103.55 0.0 3.7 106.13 -0.3 2.5
