WEB DESK: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)-based weekly inflation increased by 0.29 percent during the week ended on November 05, 2026, for the combined consumption group.
According to Pakistan Bureau of Statistics data, the SPI for the week under review increased to 374.61 points from 373.51 points recorded in the previous week. On a year-on-year basis, the SPI increased by 12.31 percent.
The weekly SPI, with base year 2015-16=100, covers 17 urban centres and 51 essential items for all expenditure groups.
The SPI for the lowest consumption group (up to Rs 17,732) increased by 0.86 percent to 361.00 points from 357.92 points.
Likewise, the SPI for consumption groups of Rs 17,733–22,888, Rs 22,889–29,517, Rs 29,518–44,175 and above Rs 44,175 increased by 0.70 percent, 0.52 percent, 0.40 percent and 0.10 percent respectively.
During the week, out of 51 items, prices of 21 items (41.18 percent) increased, 10 items (19.60 percent) decreased, while 20 items (39.22 percent) remained unchanged.
On a week-on-week basis, the items that witnessed a decrease in prices included Petrol (4.20%), Diesel (2.97%), Pulse Gram (1.08%), Banana (0.85%), Onions (0.82%), Powdered Milk (0.73%), Chicken (0.61%), Sugar (0.40%), Wheat Flour (0.34%) and Pulse Moong (0.27%).
On the other hand, increase was observed in the prices of Tomatoes (54.18%), LPG (3.72%), Potatoes (2.07%), Eggs (1.17%), Garlic (1.06%), Firewood (1.01%), Salt Powder (0.91%), Bread Plain (0.64%), Milk Fresh (0.49%), Curd (0.41%), Match Box (0.16%) and Shirting (0.15%).
On a year-on-year basis, major increase is observed in the prices of LPG (114.88%), Tomatoes (78.89%), Electricity for Q1 (52.38%), Diesel (39.27%), Petrol (36.34%), Wheat Flour (33.95%), Chicken (31.81%), Chilies Powder (15.55%), Mutton (14.54%), Onions (13.64%), Bread Plain (12.35%) and Beef (11.06%).
On the other hand, decrease was observed in the prices of Potatoes (37.24%), Eggs (27.59%), Sugar (25.03%), Salt Powder (14.09%), Gur (7.75%), Pulse Masoor (7.49%), Pulse Moong (6.79%) and Rice IRRI-6/9 (1.79%).
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