Islamabad, Dec 13: According to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), the price increases of chicken (3.80%), vegetable ghee 2.5 kg (2.27%), bananas (1.99%), potatoes (1.93%), mustard oil (1.07%), and LPG (0.28%) contributed to a 0.07 percent increase in the Sensitive Price Index (SPI)-based inflation for the week ending December 12, 2024. Of the 51 items, 18 (35.29 percent) saw price increases during the week, 11 (21.57%) saw price decreases, and 22 (43.14%) saw no change.
The price increases of pulse gram (59.55 percent), pulse moong (36.44 percent), potatoes (36.16 percent), powdered milk (25.74 percent), beef (23.82 percent), tomatoes (20.51 percent), and garlic (15.97 percent) are the primary causes of the 3.71 percent increase in the year-over-year trend. Firewood (12.05 percent), shirting (14.54 percent), cooked daal (14.85 percent), and gas expenses for Q1 (15.52 percent).
The prices of wheat flour (35.88 percent), chili powder (20.00 percent), diesel (10.77 percent), gasoline (10.33 percent), pulse masoor (10.26 percent), onions (8.92 percent), rice basmati broken (7.46 percent), electricity charges for Q1 (6.96 percent), sugar (6.52 percent), bread (5.99 percent), and tea lipton (5.09 percent) all saw significant drops, however.
