ISLAMABAD: The country's Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation rate during June 2014 increased by 8.22 percent as compared to that of June 2013.
On month-on-month basis, the CPI inflation increased by 0.61 percent in June 2014 compared to May 2014, said Asif Bajwa, Secretary Pakistan Bureau of Statistics while addressing a press briefing here Tuesday.
Talking to media persons, he said that the average inflation rate during the year 203-14 increased by 8.62 percent over same period of last year.
The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) and Sensitive Prices Index (SPI) in June increased by 1.37 percent and 1.11 percent respectively when compared to May 2014.
The food items that witnessed increase in the prices during June 2014 over May 2014 included tomatoes (60.22%), cigarettes (16.18%), pulse mash (3.61%), sugar (3.44%), potatoes (3.26%), spices (2.79%), beverages (2.55%), milk powder (2.36%), gur (2.03%), pulse moong (1.98%), eggs (1.64%), milk products (1.58%), condiments (1.56%) and milk fresh (1.43%).
The food items that witnessed decrease in the prices during June 2014 over May 2014 included fresh vegetables (4.83%), chicken (3.13%), onions (2.67%), tea (1.71%), beans (1.46%), wheat flour (1.11%) and wheat and betal leaves nuts (1.04% each).
The non-food items that witnessed increase during the month included household servant (2.52%), cotton cloth (2.22%), marriage hall charges (1.46%), education (1.15%), sewing needle and dry cell (1.12%), hosiery (1.07%), mechanical services (0.96%) and tailoring (0.92%).
The non-food items that witnessed decrease during the month included personal equipments (0.73%), firewood whole (0.42%) and motor fuel (0.12%).
On year-on-year basis the food items that witnessed increase in their prices during June 2014 over same month of last year included potatoes (138.7%), pulse moong (34.39%), cigarettes (33.61%), pulse masoor (17.06%), milk powder (16.11%), fresh fruits (15.23%), condiments (13.76%), wheat products (13.68%) and readymade food (13.35%).
The food items that witnessed decrease during the period under review included tomatoes (35.06%), onions (18.62%), tea (16.32%), gram flour (12.67%), pulse gram (10.79%), gram whole (7.74%), chicken (5.43%) and fresh vegetables (1.29%).
The non food items which increased in June 2014 as compared to June 2013 included postal services (23.25%), education (16.73%), electricity (15.82%), cotton cloth (14.43%), doctor fee (14.29%), woolen readymade garments (13.45%), readymade garments (13.29%) and tailoring (13.16%).
In June 2014, the trimmed core inflation has been observed as 7.9 percent over June 2013 while it was 6.8% percent during June 2013 over June 2012.
On the other hand, the non-food and non-energy core inflation has been observed as 8.7 percent, while it was 6.8 percent during June 2013 over June 2012.
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