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September 7, 2025

Food prices push the annual SPI at 35 weeks high

Karachi: Pakistan’s weekly inflation, measured by the sensitive price index (SPI), the week expiring on September 04, 2025, increased by 1.29% per week per week (WOW) and 5.07% per year (YOY), which is the highest time after 35 weeks. Significant increase was observed in tomato prices, wheat flour, onions, basmati rice broken, garlic, potatoes. “Pakistan’s weekly SPI for the period expiring on September 04, 2025, increased by 1.29% Wow, and was 5.07% annually, which is the highest of 35 weeks,” Topline Securities said. SPI increased by 1.29% for combined consumption groups during the week ended on September 4, 2025, according

August 2, 2025

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Gas, sugar and footwear drive annual spi higher

Listen to the article Karachi: The sensitive price index (SPI) recorded a 1.98% increase for the week ending the week ending July 31, 2025, reflecting mixed trends in basic products. Remarkable price increases were observed in natural gas, sugar, pulses, beef and vegetables, while non -foods such as ladies’ sandals recorded the largest increase of 55.62%. On the basis, natural gas charges for the first trimester increased by 29.85%, 21.66%sugar, Moong pulse 14.27%, beef 14.16%, 2.5kg GHEE vegetables 12.33%, 1kg of ghee 11.95%, firewood 11.75%, GUR 11.23%, 10.94%. On the contrary, there was a large decrease in onion prices (-49.32%),

June 14, 2025

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Chicken, garlic prices decrease as Weekly Spi falls 0.11%

Listen to the article Karachi: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI) for the week ending June 12, 2025, slightly reduced 0.11%, mainly due to lower prices of basic foods such as chicken and garlic, according to data published by the Pakistan Statistics Office (PBS). Chicken prices decreased abruptly by 11.32%, while garlic decreased by 5.69%. Other reductions were observed in pulse pulp (1.14%), Pulse Masoor (0.43%), pulse gram (0.21%), cooking oil (5 liters) and vegetables (2.5 kg), and two lower 0.20%. Wheat flour decreased by 0.05%and LPG by 0.02%. However, the prices of several vegetables increased. Tomatoes increased by 19.73%, potatoes

June 6, 2025

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Vegetables drive weekly SPI up to 0.02%

Listen to the article Karachi: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI) for the week ended on June 4, 2025, recorded a marginal rise of 0.02%, reflecting mixed prices for basic goods across Pakistan. SPI, which follows 51 basics in 50 markets in 17 cities, has shown remarkable weekly increases in tomatoes (16.94%), potatoes (11.52%) and onions (5.21%). Moderate price increases were also observed in bananas (1.57%), eggs (1.34%), sugar (1.24%), broken basmati rice (1.02%), GUR (0.81%) and gasoline (0.41%). In contrast, chickens prices decreased abruptly by 11.22%, while garlic decreased by 3.71%. Small reductions were recorded in LPG, ghee vegetables and

January 25, 2025

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SPI records the lowest rise of the last seven years

Listen to the article Pakistan’s Weekly Sensitive Price Index (SPI) fell 0.77% to a week for the period ended on January 23, 2025, showing its fourth consecutive decline. The decrease is largely due to significant reductions in basic species prices, including tomatoes (-33%), eggs (-10%), onions (-10%) and potatoes (-7%). On an annual basis, the Spi recorded a moderate 0.5%rise, the lowest in almost seven years, marking the decline in inflationary pressures, according to Topline Research. “SPI reading is the lowest since data is available,” AHL’s research manager Tahir Abbas noted. According to the Pakistani Statistics Office (PBS), a significant

December 21, 2024

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Weekly inflation up 0.38%

Listen to the article KARACHI: Pakistan’s weekly gauge of inflation, as measured by the Sensitive Price Index (SPI), rose 0.38% due to a rise in food prices in the week ending December 19, 2024. According to the latest data from Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), the rise in inflation marked the second consecutive week of increase, after last week’s reading of 0.07%. Short-term inflation rose 4.64% compared to the same week last year. Consumers were under increasing price pressure as groceries continued to become more expensive in the week under review. The rise in weekly inflation came days after the

August 24, 2024

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The SPI falls to a new 27-month low

KARACHI: Weekly inflation in Pakistan slowed to a fresh 27-month low of 16.69% as the rate of increase in food prices eased in the week ended August 21, 2024 compared to the same week last year. However, the reading is up in the double digits, suggesting that there is plenty of room for further reductions in the inflation rate. The persistent decline in weekly inflation numbers supports the view that monthly benchmark inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), will decline to single digits in August 2024, from a three-year low of 11.1% last month . According to

May 25, 2024

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Weekly SPI Inflation Shrinks 0.34%

KARACHI: The short-term rate of inflation, as measured by the Sensitive Price Index (SPI), slowed by 0.34% weekly due to cheaper food costs in the week ending May 23, 2024, maintaining its volatile streak for the sixth consecutive week. Among staples, prices of wheat flour, rice, chicken, onions, tomatoes, eggs and gasoline fell compared to the previous week. SPI includes 51 main items and their data is collected from 50 markets in 17 cities of the country. The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported that the inflation rate increased by 21.31% compared to the corresponding week last year, indicating that

April 27, 2024

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Weekly inflation hits a new 7-month low

KARACHI: The gauge of short-term inflation further slowed by 1.10% in the week ended April 25, 2024 amid falling food prices such as tomato, onion and chicken, maintaining the falling streak for the second week in a row. According to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) and local research houses, the Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) – a weekly gauge of inflation – slowed to a new seven-month low of 26.94% last week compared to the corresponding week last year. However, the rate of inflation remained high, as reflected in the double-digit level. The SPI is calculated weekly to assess short-term

April 20, 2024

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Weekly inflation slows to 7-month low

KARACHI: Pakistan’s short-term inflation gauge slowed to a 31-week low of 28.54% in the week ended April 18, 2024 compared to the same week last year, due to a fall in prices of some food staples and energy. Despite the slowdown, inflation remained high at a double-digit rate near 30%. According to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) and local research houses, weekly inflation slowed to a seven-month low of 28.54% after hitting an eight-month high of 44.6% in January 2024. The PBS data coincided with statements by State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Jameel Ahmad during talks with investors

Food prices push the annual SPI at 35 weeks high

Gas, sugar and footwear drive annual spi higher

Chicken, garlic prices decrease as Weekly Spi falls 0.11%

Vegetables drive weekly SPI up to 0.02%

SPI records the lowest rise of the last seven years

Weekly inflation up 0.38%

The SPI falls to a new 27-month low

Weekly SPI Inflation Shrinks 0.34%

Weekly inflation hits a new 7-month low

Weekly inflation slows to 7-month low

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