Islamabad March 15 2024: Pakistan household inflation measured by the SPI for the current week ended on March 14, 2024 increased by 1.35%, according to Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
Major increase is observed in the prices of Tomatoes (21.96%), Bananas (21.76%), Eggs (7.15%), Onions (5.57%), LPG (4.45%), Garlic (3.62%), Mutton (1.74%), Beef (1.53%), Chicken (1.40%), Georgette (1.04%), Shirting (1.01%) and Long Cloth (0.94%).
On the other hand, Major decrease is observed in the prices of Cooking Oil 5 Litre (1.08%), Vegetable Ghee 2.5 Kg (1.07%), Wheat Flour (0.95%), Sugar (0.64%), Gur (0.57%), Rice Basmati Broken (0.50%), Pulse Masoor (0.17%) and Pulse Mash (0.15%).
During the week, out of 51 items, prices of 18 (35.29%) items increased, 10 (19.61%) items decreased and 23 (45.10%) items remained stable.
The year on year trend depicts increase of 32.89%, Gas Charges for Q1 ( 570.00%), Tomatoes (185.68%), Onions (90.27%), Chilies Powder (81.74%), Garlic (60.13%), Gents Sponge Chappal (58.05%), Gents Sandal (53.37%), Wheat Flour (51.91%), Gur (41.32%), Sugar (37.09%), Salt Powder (34.71%) and Energy Saver while decrease is observed in the prices of Cooking Oil 5 Litre (21.33%), Vegetable Ghee 1 Kg (19.12%), Vegetable Ghee 2.5 Kg (17.89%), Mustard Oil (15.26%), Bananas (3.94%), Diesel (1.88%) and Cigarettes (0.05%).
