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The Sensitive Price Index rose 8.35pc year-on-year for the week ending 3 September and 0.65pc on the week, with onions up 26.3pc in seven days and 162.75pc over the year.
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Collections from the petroleum levy reached Rs1.567 trillion in 2025-26, up 29 per cent and above both the original and revised targets. The fiscal deficit fell to 2.6 per cent of GDP, the lowest since FY03 — while diesel is 34 per cent dearer than a year ago.
KARACHI: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI) for the week ending 8 January 2026 rose 3.20% year-on-year (y-o-y), underscoring continued pressure on household budgets amid persistent food and energy inflation. The SPI, which tracks the weekly price movements of 51 commodities in 50 markets in 17 cities, is a key gauge of short-term inflation trends. On a week-over-week (WoW) basis, the SPI rose 0.12%, reflecting broad-based price increases across consumption quintiles. WoW inflation was marginally higher for the lower and middle income groups: Quintile 1 (0.12%), Q2 (0.13%), Q3 (0.13%) and Q4 (0.13%), while the highest income quintile – Q5 –
The PBS data shows short-term relief from food and fuel prices, but cost pressures continue KARACHI: Pakistan’s weekly sensitive price index (SPI) registered an annual increase of 2.41%, highlighting persistent pressure on household budgets despite a short-term easing in some key food and fuel prices, according to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). PBS data for the week ending January 1, 2026 shows that the SPI fell by 0.67% on a weekly basis, reflecting temporary relief from falling prices of selected perishables. However, the broader annual trend continues to point to structural cost pressures for consumers, particularly low- and middle-income
Sugar and flour rise despite falling vegetable prices. weekly SPI ends 0.24% KARACHI: Pakistan’s weekly inflation, as measured by the sensitive price index (SPI), registered an increase of 3.75% year-on-year (y-o-y) for the week ended December 18, 2025, according to the latest report released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). The SPI, which tracks price movements of 51 commodities in 50 markets in 17 cities, provides a snapshot of short-term inflationary pressures affecting households nationwide. On a week-over-week (WoW) basis, the SPI rose 0.24%, reflecting mixed trends in commodities. Significant upward pressure came from food, with chicken prices up
A vendor arranges tomatoes on his cart. Kitchen essentials were being sold in carts for Rs 400-450 and in supermarkets for Rs 550-580 due to lack of supply in the market. Photo: Jalal Qureshi/Express KARACHI: The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported a 4.15% year-on-year rise in the sensitive price index (SPI) for the week ending November 13, 2025, signaling continued inflationary pressures on key commodities. The rise was largely attributed to higher prices of food staples such as wheat flour, sugar, gur, beef and bananas, coupled with increased costs of household energy and cooking items such as firewood, cooking
KARACHI: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), which tracks the weekly movement of commodities, registered a year-on-year (y-o-y) increase of 5.03% for the week ended October 23, 2025, according to data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). The rise reflects continued inflationary pressure on household staples, particularly food and energy-related items. The SPI, which tracks 51 major commodities from 50 markets in 17 cities, showed that the highest inflationary impact was felt in lower income groups, with year-on-year increases ranging from 4.05% to 6.06% in each consumption quintile. On a week-to-week (WoW) basis, the overall SPI rose 0.22%, indicating
Pakistan’s short-term inflation, as measured by the sensitive price index (SPI), registered an increase of 4.57% year-on-year (y-o-y) for the week ending October 16, 2025, according to data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). The SPI, which tracks the weekly price movement of 51 staples across 50 markets in 17 cities, showed the combined index rose 0.49% week-on-week (WoW), driven by sharp increases in perishable food prices. On a year-on-year basis, inflation remained lower than the double-digit levels seen earlier this year, suggesting that supply-side conditions have improved. The PBS report revealed that tomato prices rose by 121.38%
Karachi: Pakistan’s short -term inflation, measured by the sensitive price index (SPI), increased by 4.34% on an annual basis (YOY) during the week ended on October 9, 2025, according to data released by the Pakistani Office of Statistics (PBS). The annual increase reflects the persistent pressure from the increase in food and energy prices, even when the weekly trend showed only a marginal increase of 0.17%. The PBS report revealed that the increases in chicken prices, wheat flour, onions and eggs were the main contributors to the latest uppick, while prices for tomatoes, bananas and potatoes recorded remarkable reductions. The
Karachi: Weekly inflation, measured by the sensitive price index (SPI), increased sharply by 4.17% on a annual basis (annual basis), reflecting persistent inflationary pressures that continue to weigh to consumers, especially communities that are hit. However, the SPI recorded a 1.34% weekly decline for the combined consumption group during the week ending September 18, 2025, Pakistan’s Statistical Office (PBS) reported on Friday. According to PBS data, the SPI for the combined consumption group amounted to 330.84 points, compared to 335.35 points a week earlier. The SPI is based on prices in 2015-16 and watches 51 basic items in 17 urban
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