Islamabad, Nov 8: Weekly Inflation Surges Amid Rising Food Prices, LPG Costs. The inflation rate based on the Sensitive Price Index (SPI) for the week ending November 7, 2024, rose by 0.24 percent, as reported by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).In that week, from a total of 51 items, the prices of 21 items (41.18 percent) went up, 10 items (19.61 percent) saw a decrease, and the prices of 20 items (39.21 percent) remained unchanged.
Notable increases in prices were recorded for LPG (3.37 percent), Eggs (2.70 percent), Potatoes (2.63 percent), Onions (2.61 percent), Mustard Oil (2.36 percent), Tomatoes (1.67 percent), Diesel (1.54 percent), Vegetable Ghee 1Kg (1.49 percent), Cooking Oil 5 Liter (1.35 percent), Pulse Moong (0.93 percent), Petrol (0.56 percent), and Washing Soap (0.47 percent).
The year-over-year analysis shows an increase of 13.89 percent, including Gas Charges for Q1 (570.00 percent), Pulse Gram (80.59 percent), Pulse Moong (40.46 percent), Powdered Milk (25.74 percent), Beef (23.40 percent), Onions (20.87 percent), Shirting (16.35 percent), Garlic (16.06 percent), Cooked Daal (15.36 percent), Mutton (14.02 percent), Ladies Sandal (12.52 percent), and Firewood (12.43 percent).
