S.Korea's headline inflation expected to hover around 5 pct

SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's headline inflation was expected to hover around 5 percent for now, before falling on slower petroleum price growth and downside pressure on the economy, the central bank said Tuesday.

The Bank of Korea (BOK) said in its biannual report on inflation that the consumer price inflation would stay around 5 percent for the time being before sliding gradually amid the slower pet