Islamabad January 13 2025: Pakistan household inflation measured by the SPI for the current week ended on January 09, 2025 increases at a slowest pace of 1.90% since March 2018.
Increase is observed in prices of Ladies Sandal (75.09%), Potatoes (58.76%), Pulse Gram (42.11%), Pulse Moong (34.15%), Powdered Milk (25.76%), Beef (23.75%), Garlic (18.43%), Gas Charges for Q1 (15.52%), Vegetable Ghee 1Kg (15.48%), Cooked Daal (15.10%), Shirting (14.36%) and Firewood (12.89%).
While major decrease is observed in the prices of Onions (36.25%), Wheat Flour (36.17%), Eggs (24.07%), Chilies Powder (20.00%), Electricity Charges for Q1 (18.11%), Pulse Masoor (11.18%), Rice Basmati Broken (9.14%), Pulse Mash (7.00%), Diesel (6.39%), Bread (5.48%) and Petrol (5.45%).
The SPI for the current week decreased by 0.65%. Major Decrease is observed in the prices of Tomatoes (31.40%), Potatoes (10.36%), Eggs (5.96%), Pulse Gram (1.64%), Onions (0.87%), Rice Basmati Broken (0.54%), Rice IRRI-6/9 (0.40%), Pulse Mash (0.27%) and LPG (0.14%).
On the other hand, major increase is observed in the prices of Pulse Moong (2.56%), Cooking Oil 5 Litre (1.56%), Sugar (1.23%), Chicken (0.80%), Vegetable Ghee 1Kg (0.61%), Bread (0.57%), Vegetable Ghee 2.5Kg (0.49%), Washing Soap (0.43%), Garlic (0.39%) and Firewood (0.12%).
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.
