South Korea's consumer price inflation eased further in February to the lowest level in nearly a year amid a slowdown in rental and oil prices, giving relief to the Bank of Korea to go ahead with its wait-and-watch policy stance, figures from Statistics Korea showed on Monday.
The consumer price index rose 4.8 percent year-over-year in February, slower than the 5.2 percent rise in the previous month. Economists had expected inflation to moderate to 5.05 percent.
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