The Bank of Korea released its preliminary Producer Price Index (PPI) for December 2024, showing producer prices rose 0.3% month-on-month and 1.7% year-on-year. For 2024 as a whole, the PPI increased 1.7% year-on-year. On a month-on-month basis in December, agricultural, forestry and marine products increased 2.8%, manufacturing products rose 0.3%, electric power, gas, water and waste increased 0.4%, and services rose 0.1%.