2023-10-09 08:31
Prices for dining out soar beyond inflation
A person looks at a restaurant menu in Jung-gu, central Seoul. (Yonhap) Price increase rates of about 80 percent of restaurant menus exceeded the price increase rate of a market basket of consumer goods in September, according to data on Monday.According to Statistics Korea, the consumer price index, which functions as an economic metric for the price of a weighted average market basket of consumer goods, showed an on-year growth of 3.7 percent in September.Meanwhile, the increase rate in the sector for dining out, a key indicator of inflation in the food sector for everyday consumers, logged 4.
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