Islamabad May 3 2024: Pakistan household prices, measured by the SPI, for the current week ended on May 02, 2024 decreased by 1.00 percent.
This is the fourth continuous drop in the reading of household inflation.
Major decrease is observed in the prices of Tomatoes (22.05 percent), Chicken (8.03 percent), Onions (7.71 percent), Wheat Flour (6.88 percent), Bananas (5.25 percent), Diesel (2.89 percent), Chilies Powder (2.59 percent), LPG (2.36 percent), Petrol (1.84 percent), Pulse Masoor (1.25 percent) and Pulse Moong (0.90 percent).
On the other hand, major increase is observed in the prices of Potatoes (6.06 percent), Salt Powder (0.91 percent), Garlic (0.85 percent), Powder Milk (0.70 percent), Mutton (0.65 percent), Eggs (0.53 percent), Cigarettes (0.51 percent), Curd (0.46 percent) and Beef (0.45 percent).
During the week, out of 51 items, prices of 15 (29.42 percent) items increased, 18 (35.29 percent) items decreased and 18 (35.29 percent) items remained stable.
The year on year trend depicts increase of 24.37 percent, Gas Charges for Q1 ( 570.00 percent), Onions (145.15 percent), Tomatoes (79.43 percent), Garlic (72.46 percent), Chilies Powder (71.96 percent), Salt Powder (33.07 percent), Energy Saver (29.83 percent), Shirting (29.71 percent), Gents Sandal (25.01 percent), Pulse Mash (24.72 percent), Gur (24.49 percent) and Beef (23.96 percent) while decrease is observed in the prices of Bananas (37.76 percent), Wheat Flour (23.15 percent), Cooking Oil 5 Litre (20.45 percent), Vegetable Ghee 2.5 Kg (17.10 percent), Vegetable Ghee 1 Kg (16.75 percent), Mustard Oil (12.74 percent), Eggs (10.46 percent), LPG (8.52 percent), Chicken (3.99 percent) and Diesel (2.04 percent).
