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South Korea Consumer Price Index (CPI) YoY

Latest Release

Aug 04, 2025

Actual

2.1%

Forecast

2.1%

2.2%

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures the change in the prices of goods and services contained in a basket of consumer items. The Central bank pays very close attention to this figure in its role of maintaining price stability.

A reading that is stronger than forecast is generally supportive (bullish) for the KRW, while a weaker than forecast reading is generally negative (bearish) for the KRW.

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Currency: KRW

Source: Statistics Korea

Release Date	Time	Actual	Forecast	Previous
Sep 02, 2025 (Aug)	01:00			2.1%
Aug 05, 2025 (Jul)	01:00	2.1%	2.1%	2.2%
Jul 02, 2025 (Jun)	01:00	2.2%	2.1%	1.9%
Jun 04, 2025 (May)	01:00	1.9%	2.1%	2.1%
May 02, 2025 (Apr)	01:00	2.1%	2.1%	2.1%
Apr 02, 2025 (Mar)	01:00	2.1%	2.0%	2.0%

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