The producer price index rose 5.1% in January from a year
earlier, while it had climbed 5.8% in December, according to the
Bank of Korea. It was the slowest annual rise since March 2021.
The annual rate continued its slowing trend for a seventh
straight month, after hitting a near 14-year high of 10.0% in
June 2022.
The index rose 0.4% over a month, however, after two
straight months of declines, driven mostly by higher utility
costs.
(Reporting by Jihoon Lee
Editing by Vinay Dwivedi)
SEOUL, Feb 23 (Reuters) - South Korea's producer price
inflation slowed for a seventh straight month to its lowest in
22 months, central bank data showed on Thursday.
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