S. Korea's consumer prices rise 3.6 pct in April

SEOUL, May 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's consumer prices grew at the slowest pace
in 14 months in April as the cost of oil products declined, a government report
showed Friday.

According to the report by the National Statistical Office, the consumer price
index rose 3.6 percent last month from a year earlier, slowing from a 3.9 percent
on-year advance the previous month. It was the slowest annual growth since
February 2008 when prices rose 3.6 percent.
Core inflation, excluding volatile oil and food prices, jumped 4.2 percent last
month, compared with the previous month's 4.5 percent rise, the report showed.
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