Islamabad November 18 2022: Pakistan household inflation measured by the SPI for the current week ended on 17th November, 2022 recorded an increase of 0.62%.
Major increase is observed in the prices of food items, Salt Powdered (7.61%), Tea Lipton (5.90%), Chicken (4.89%), Onions (4.61%), Eggs (3.66%), Potatoes (2.48%) and Chillies Powdered (1.30%), non-food items, Firewood (6.23%), Georgette (1.76%) and Energy Saver (1.32%).
On the other hand major decrease is observed in the prices of Tomatoes (6.06%), Pulse Masoor (1.56%), Pulse Gram (1.46%), Vegetable Ghee 1 Kg (1.03%), Pulse Mash (0.68%), Pulse Moong (0.62%), Cooking Oil 5 litre (0.38%), Vegetable Ghee 2.5 Kg (0.30%), Garlic (0.26%) and Wheat flour & LPG (0.22%) each.
During the week, out of 51 items, prices of 23 (45.10%) items increased, 13 (25.49%) items decreased and 15 (29.41%) items remained stable
The year on year trend depicts an increase of 28.67%, Onions (319.35%), Diesel (64.57%), Tea Lipton (59.27%), Pulse Gram (57.39%), Salt Powdered (54.67%), Petrol (53.85%), Gents Sponge Chappal (52.21%), Pulse Moong (51.24%), Bananas (47.28%), Pulse Mash (47.11%), Washing Soap (44.67%), Pulse Masoor (43.39%), Mustard Oil (43.36%) and Vegetable Ghee 2.5 Kg (41.13%), while decrease observed in the prices of Chillies Powdered (41.42%), Gur (5.81%), Sugar (4.27%), Electricity for Q1 (2.67%) and LPG (0.38%)
