Producer Prices up for 2nd Month in Jan. on Spike in Farm Food Prices, Service Fees

SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s producer prices rose for the second consecutive month in January, driven in part by soaring prices in agricultural goods and service fees, central bank data showed Wednesday. The producer price index, a major barometer of consumer inflation, increased 0.5 percent in January from a month earlier, following [...]