Islamabad January 31 2025: Pakistan household inflation measured by the SPI for the current week dropped for the fifth consecutive week by 0.36 percent to 0.44 percent on annual basis, according to data released by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
Major decrease is observed in the prices of Tomatoes (16.18 percent), Onions (12.32 percent), Potatoes (7.66 percent), Eggs (5.09 percent), Pulse Gram (3.67 percent), LPG (3.21 percent), Pulse Masoor (1.32 percent), Electricity Charges for Q1 (0.99 percent), Wheat Flour Bag (0.95 percent), Garlic (0.41 percent) and Firewood (0.27 percent).
On the other hand, major increase is observed in the prices of Bananas (4.60 percent), Sugar (3.39 percent), Chicken (0.93 percent), Rice Basmati Broken (0.70 percent), Cooking Oil 5 Litre (0.40 percent), Vegetable Ghee 1 Kg (0.32 percent), Beef (0.28 percent) and Vegetable Ghee 2.5 Kg (0.26 percent).
During the week, out of 51 items, prices of 09 (17.65 percent) items increased, 16 (31.37 percent) items decreased and 26 (50.98 percent) items remained stable.
The year on year trend depicts increase of 0.44 percent, Ladies Sandal (75.09 percent), Potatoes (34.95 percent), Pulse Gram (32.92 percent), Pulse Moong (32.01 percent), Powdered Milk (25.71 percent), Beef (22.52 percent), Vegetable Ghee 1 Kg (17.46 percent), Garlic (15.82 percent), Gas Charges for Q1 (15.52 percent), Vegetable Ghee 2.5 Kg (15.05 percent), Shirting (14.83 percent) and Firewood (12.82 percent), while major decrease is observed in the prices of Onions (54.36 percent), Eggs (37.38 percent), Wheat Flour (36.77 percent), Tomatoes (35.82 percent), Chilies Powder (20.00 percent), Electricity Charges for Q1 (18.92 percent), Pulse Masoor (11.48 percent), Pulse Mash (10.56 percent), Rice Basmati Broken (7.92 percent), Diesel (6.36 percent), Petrol (6.07 percent) and LPG (3.47 percent).
