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Not only that, but the rates for services that are essential to our lives, such as laundry and public baths, are also rising one after another.
The salary is almost the same, but only the price tag keeps changing, and the housekeeping is getting tighter and tighter.
Next is Reporter Jeong Ban-seok.
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At a public bath in Yangcheon-gu, Seoul, there is a notice attached saying that the bath fee has been raised by 1,000 won from four days ago.
It is explained that it is very difficult due to corona, but a rate increase is inevitable as electricity and gas rates rise.
[Noh Gun-woo/Bathhouse operation: We had no choice but to upload it because we were on the verge of death.
The electricity bill itself was about 2.7 million won, but this month it came out to 3.7 million won.
Even if there are no guests, hot water has to be heated...
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Same goes for the local laundromat.
[Ipalman/Laundry Operation: (Price) slightly raised in July.
The price of oil and steel has risen, so clothes hangers and vinyl, all laundry accessories have gone up...
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It's still difficult.]
According to the 3Q household consumption expenditures of the National Statistical Office, expenditures in sectors such as private academies, outpatient medical services, and fuel expenses increased significantly.
Inflation, which has soared mainly in food materials and food, is spreading to living services.
Service prices have a characteristic that once they rise, they rarely go down, which can lead to price increases by similar companies.
It is in the same context that the US and Europe, where the rate of increase in the consumer price index has slowed down, have no choice but to continue the austerity stance as service prices continue to rise rapidly.
[Kim Seong-eun/Professor of Economics, Sejong University: It is highly likely that the suffering of the common people will be aggravated by the rise in service charges and especially the cost of living.
It is necessary to think more about policies that can alleviate the increasing pain centered on the low-income class...
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While wage growth has slowed down due to the economic slowdown, the decline in real income of the common people is expected to increase further due to price increases in all directions.
(Video coverage: Hwang In-seok, Video editing: Lee Seung-jin)
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