Weekly SPI inflation down 0.56pc
The Sensitive Price Index-based inflation decreased by 0.56% this week, primarily driven by lower prices for chicken, garlic, and diesel, according to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- Weekly price reductions in chicken, garlic, and diesel.
- Year-on-year inflation trends for essential goods.
- Weekly price increases for onions and potatoes.
ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index-based inflation fell by 0.56 percent during the week ending June 4, 2026, largely due to notable downward trends in the prices of chicken (9.48%), garlic (9.13%), garlic and diesel (7.01% each), according to weekly data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Friday.
The PBS reported a reduction in the prices of petrol (6.80%), pulse mash (0.34%), pulse moong (0.11%), mustard oil (0.04%), beef (0.02%) and firewood (0.01%).
On a year-on-year (YoY) basis, the SPI recorded an increase of 14.75% driven by sharp rises in the prices of onions (100.68%), wheat flour (59.88%), electricity charges for Q1 (59.40%), Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) (57.09%), petrol (50.60%), diesel (49.63%), tomatoes (20.62%), mutton (15.86%), chilies powder (15.20%), beef (12.87%), bananas (9.35%) and powdered milk (9.16%).
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According to the PBS, on a week-on-week basis, major increases were observed in the prices of onions (28.16%), potatoes (21.91%), tomatoes (9.56%), bananas (1.20%), vegetable ghee 2.5 kg (0.91%), washing soap (0.68%), LPG (0.66%), cooking oil 5 liter (0.64%), milk fresh (0.61%), wheat flour (0.59%) and cigarettes (0.57%).
During the week, out of 51 items in the SPI basket, the prices of 22 items (43.14%) increased, 10 items (19.61%) recorded reductions, and 19 items (37.25%) remained unchanged. On a YoY basis, major decreases were observed in the prices of potatoes (38.44%), eggs (26.67%), pulse gram (22.61%), sugar (15.56%), salt powder (13.26%), chicken (12.84%), pulse masoor (12.50%), and pulse moong (4.51).
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