Islamabad June 17 2022: Pakistan household inflation measured by SPI recorded an increase of 3.38% for the current week ended on 16th Jun, 2022.
Increase observed in the prices of food items Chicken (12.10% ), Potatoes (6.89%), Cooked Daal (5.90%), Pulse Gram (5.29%) and Cooked Beef (5.19%),non-food items Diesel (28.91%), Gents Sponge Chappal (26.76%), Gents Sandal (15.40%), Petrol (11.43%), Electricity Charges for Q1 (6.63%) and Cigarettes (6.27%), with joint impact of (2.53%) into the overall SPI for combined group of (3.38%)
On the other hand, decrease observed in the prices of Onions (5.20%), Wheat Flour (2.19%), LPG (1.32%), Bananas (0.83%), Gur (0.45%) and Sugar (0.02%).
During the week, out of 51 items, prices of 36 (70.59%) items increased, 06 (11.76%) items decreased and 09 (17.65%) items remained stable.
The year on year trend depicts an increase of 27.82%, Onions (135.31%), Diesel (132.61%), Tomatoes (117.27%), Petrol (110.16%), Vegetable Ghee 1 Kg (81.76%), Mustard Oil (80.88%), Pulse Masoor (74.77%), Cooking Oil 5 litre (71.52%), Vegetable Ghee 2.5 Kg (68.47%), LPG (60.97%), Garlic (57.72%), Washing Soap (52.73%), Gents Sponge Chappal (52.21%) and Chicken (51.11%).while major decrease observed in the prices of Chillies Powdered (43.42%), Pulse Moong (18.06%), Sugar (10.79%), Electricity charges for Q1 (5.85%) and Gur (3.35%).
