ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index-based inflation for the week ended on November 12, 2026 recorded a decrease of 0.46 percent owing to a reduction in the prices of petrol, which declined by 7.42 percent, diesel by 6.10 percent, and onions by 1.70 percent.
The SPI data released here on Friday by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) showed that the prices of other items that witnessed a reduction included bananas down by 1.03 percent, gur by 0.59 percent, sugar by 0.43 percent, powdered milk by 0.36 percent, pulse moong by 0.32 percent, and pulse gram by 0.08 percent.
According to PBS data, during the week under review, the prices of the following household items witnessed an increase: Tomatoes up by 12.06 percent, eggs by 5.98 percent, potatoes by 2.42 percent, garlic by 1.76 percent, chicken by 1.32 percent, firewood by 1.10 percent, wheat flour by 0.94 percent, pulse masoorby 0.64 percent, beef by 0.47 percent and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)by 0.30 percent.
During the week, of 51 items, the prices of 19 items, which constitute 37.25 percent of the SPI basket, recorded an increase; the prices of 9 items, or 17.65 percent of the basket, recorded a reduction; and the prices of 23 items, or 45.10 percent of the basket, remained stable.
The year-on-year trend depicts an increase of 11.21 percent mainly driven by sharp escalation in the prices of LPG which surged by 111.35 percent, tomatoes by 78.94 percent, electricity for Q1 by 52.38 percent, wheat flour by 36.14 percent, diesel by 30.77 percent, petrol by 26.23 percent, onions by 19.67 percent, chili powder by 15.55 percent, mutton by 14.67 percent, plain bread by 12.35 percent, beef by 11.30 percent, and chicken by 10.98 percent.
On a YoY basis, major reductions were observed in the prices of potatoes, whichwent down by 36.41 percent, sugar by 24.54 percent, eggs by 23.29 percent, salt powder by 12.51 percent, pulse masoor by 7.21 percent, pulse moong by 6.83 percent, gurby 6.63 percent, and bananas by 3.35 percent.
Breaking down SPI by income groups, households with a monthly income of up to Rs17,732 registered an increase of 0.03 percent, with SPI going up from 361 points to 361.12 points. For the Rs17,733-22,888 income group, the SPI went down by 0.09 percent, going down from 363.32 to 362.99 points.
The SPI for households with monthly earnings of Rs22,889-29,517 registered a reduction of 0.17 percent, going down from 383.89 to 383.22 points, while the Rs29,518-44,175 bracket SPI went down by 0.32 percent, going down from 370.77 to 369.59 points. The highest income group, Rs44,175 and above, recorded a reduction of 0.68 percent, taking SPI down from 373.84 to 371.30 points.
The combined SPI plunged from 374.61 points to 372.90 points, reflecting an overall reduction of 0.46 percent.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2026
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