ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI)-based inflation for the week ended on September 17, 2026, registered an increase of 0.49percent, owing to sharp price escalation in diesel by 7.29percent, petrol by 6.40percent, and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) by 3.26percent.
According to the SPI data released here on Friday by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), the prices of other items that witnessed an increase included garlic, which hiked by 1.94percent, eggs by 1.72percent, pulse gram by 0.80percent, bread plain by 0.74percent, pulse masoor by 0.49percent, mustard oil by 0.44percent, pulse moong by 0.39percent, mutton by 0.26percent, and firewood by 0.07percent.
According to PBS data, during the week under review, the prices of the following edible items witnessed a decline: Bananas 6.17percent; tomatoes 5.66percent; onions 4.57percent; chicken 2.33percent; powdered milk 0.40percent; wheat flour 0.28percent; rice irri-6/9 0.16percent; and sugar 0.14percent.
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During the week, of 51 items, the prices of 19 items, which constitute 37.25percent of the SPI basket, recorded a hike; the prices of 9 items, which is 17.65percent of the basket, recorded a reduction; and the prices of 23 items, or 45.10percent of the basket, remained stable.
The Year-on-Year (YoY) trend showed an increase of 10.64percent, mainly driven by sharp escalation in the prices of onions that surged by 117.77percent, LPG by 60.42percent, diesel by 54.21percent, petrol by 48percent, electricity for Q1 by 33.54percent, wheat flour by 33.27percent, chilli powder by 16.37percent, mutton by 15.86percent, beef by 12.88percent, bananas by 9.24percent, bread plain by 8.89percent and fresh milk by 8.12percent.
On a YoY basis, major cuts were noted in the prices of potatoes, which declined by 35.31percent, sugar by 20.95percent, eggs by 19.31percent, chicken by 15.26percent, salt powder by 13.96percent, pulse gram by 12.42percent, pulse masoor by 11.26percent, and pulse moong by 8.49percent.
Breaking down SPI by income groups, households with a monthly income of up to Rs17,732 registered a decline of 0.14percent, with SPI plunging from 351.56 to 351.07 points. For the Rs17,733-22,888 income group, the SPI went up by 0.01percent, going from 352.82 to 352.87 points.
SPI for households with monthly earnings of Rs22,889-29,517 registered an increase of 0.14percent, going up from 374.30 to 374.87 points, while the Rs29,518-44,175 bracket SPI went up by 0.30percent, going up from 361.87 to 362.97 points. The highest income group, Rs44,175 and above, recorded a 0.77percent increase, taking SPI up from 363.51 to 366.32 points. The combined SPI jumped from 364.26 points to 366.05 points, reflecting an increase of 0.49percent.
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