Islamabad August 11 2023: Pakistan household prices, measure by the SPI, for the current week ended on 10th August, 2023 increased by 0.69 percent, according to data published by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
Major increase is observed in the prices of food items, Chillies Powder (3.72 percent), Powdered Milk (3.65 percent), Pulse Mash (3.13 percent), Garlic (2.39 percent), Sugar (2.30 percent), Chicken (2.27 percent), Salt (1.84 percent), Eggs (1.74 percent) and non-food item, Electricity for Q1 (1.75 percent).
On the other hand decrease is observed in the prices of Vegetable Ghee 1 kg (1.59 percent), LPG (0.79 percent), Cooking Oil (0.78 percent), Mustard Oil (0.48 percent) and Vegetable Ghee 2.5 kg (0.10 percent).
During the week, out of 51 items, prices of 29 (56.87 percent) items increased, 05 (9.80 percent) items decreased and 17 (33.33 percent) items remained stable.
The year on year trend depicts increase of 30.82 percent, Wheat Flour (131.81 percent), Cigarettes (109.57 percent), Gas Charges for Q1 (108.38 percent), Tea Lipton (95.19 percent), Rice Basmati Broken (84.09 percent), Chilies Powder (72.94 percent), Rice Irri-6/9 (72.74 percent), Sugar (67.90 percent), Chicken (65.87), Gur (58.93 percent), Gents Sponge Chappal (58.05 percent), Potatoes (57.02 percent) and Tomatoes (53.66 percent), while decrease is observed in the prices Onions (28.77 percent), Electricity for Q1 (16.63 percent), Pulse Masoor (16.04 percent) and Vegetable Ghee 1 kg (1.93 percent).
