소비자물가 상승률, 근원물가 뜻: CPI headline Korean
Decode Korean CPI headlines with 소비자물가 상승률 and 근원물가 collocations, plus a numbers drill and rewrite drill—master
12/27/2025, 12:05:36 PM
A headline-first collocation guide for CPI/inflation wording, with a rewrite drill that forces you to swap verb+noun pairs naturally.
Today’s numbers (example)
On my commute in Seoul, I used to open the Naver 경제 tab and see the same few “inflation” shapes over and over—numbers + one key noun phrase.
Here are generic examples and how to read them out loud in Korean:
3.1%— 삼 점 일 퍼센트 (a rate)- — 영 점 이 퍼센트포인트 (a change in the rate, “percentage points”)
Quick cheat sheet
Expressions in this post
#1economyLv 5
소비자물가 상승률
sobija mulga seungnyul
CPI inflation rate
You’ll see this chunk when a headline is being “official-sounding.” It often signals a KPI-style summary rather than a story about one product getting expensive.
Common collocations
Collocation table
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