Islamabad May 12 2023: Pakistan household inflation measured by the SPI for the current week ended on 11th May, 2023 increased by 0.27 percent to 48.02 percent on year on year basis Pakistan Bureau of Statistics revealed today.
Major increase is observed in the prices of food items, Tomatoes (6.32 percent), Gur (3.41 percent), Wheat Flour (2.76 percent), Tea Prepared (2.66 percent), Potatoes (2.14 percent), Cooked Beef (2.12 percent), Cooked Daal (1.98 percent), Powdered Milk (1.91 percent), Eggs (1.83 percent), Rice Basmati Broken (1.42 percent), Pulse Masoor (1.19 percent), Beef (1.18 percent) and non-food item, Washing Soap (1.04 percent).
On the other hand decrease is observed in the prices of Onions (9.40 percent), Chicken (2.25 percent), LPG (1.51 percent), Garlic (1.39 percent), Bananas (0.68 percent), Pulse Gram (0.13 percent) and Mustard Oil (0.05 percent).
During the week, out of 51 items, prices of 23 (45.09 percent) items increased, 07 (13.73 percent) items decreased and 21 (41.18 percent) items remained stable.
The year on year trend depicts increase of 48.02 percent, Cigarettes (140.15 percent), Potatoes (112.80 percent), Gas Charges for Q1 (108.38 percent), Tea Lipton (106.09 percent), Wheat Flour (101.20 percent), Gents Sponge Chappal (100.33 percent), Diesel (99.39 percent), Bananas (98.22 percent), Rice Basmati Broken (90.76 percent), Eggs (89.40 percent), Petrol (87.81 percent), Rice Irri-6/9 (83.47 percent), Pulse Moong (66.91 percent), Bread (62.83 percent) and Pulse Mash (58.79 percent), while decrease is observed in the prices of Tomatoes (39.70 percent), Onions (22.17 percent) and Chilies Powdered (6.48 percent).
