Islamabad, Nov 29: Weekly Inflation Eases Marginally Amid Minor Drop in Food Prices. According to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), the prices of chicken (3.78 percent), tomatoes (2.23 percent), pulse gram (1.60 percent), pulse masoor (1.38 percent), rice basmati broken (1.15 percent), gur (0.59 percent), pulse mash (0.53 percent), and pulse moong (0.25 percent) all saw price declines, which caused the Sensitive Price Index (SPI)-based inflation for the week ending November 28, 2024, to drop by 0.03 percent.
The price increases for women’s sandals (75.09 percent), pulse gram (66.40 percent), tomatoes (42.08 percent), pulse moong (38.38 percent), powdered milk (25.74 percent), beef (23.74 percent), gas charges for Q1 (15.52 percent), garlic (15.33 percent), shirting (15.27 percent), cooked daal (14.78 percent), mutton (14.73 percent), and georgette (13.07 percent) account for the majority of the 5.13 percent increase in the year-over-year trend.
The prices of wheat flour (35.17 percent), chili powder (20.00 percent), diesel (13.92 percent), gasoline (11.64 percent), tea lipton (9.91 percent), rice basmati broken (9.37 percent), pulse masoor (9.14 percent), bread (5.99 percent), electricity charges for Q1 (5.07 percent), cooking oil 5 liter (2.13 percent), and sugar (1.71 percent) have all significantly decreased.
Twelve (23.53 percent) of the 51 items had price increases over the week, nine (17.65 percent) had price decreases, and thirty (58.82 percent) had no change. The SPI for the reviewed week was 324 points, compared to 324.11 points for the same time the week before.
The SPI went up by 0.06 percent and 0.02 percent for the consumption group up to Rs. 17,732 and Rs. 17,732-Rs. 22,888, stayed the same for Rs. 22,889-Rs. 29,517, and went down by 0.02 percent and 0.06 percent for the consumption group Rs. 29,518-Rs. 44,175 and beyond Rs. 44,175 correspondingly.
