Inflation soaring Updated 03 Sep, 2026 06:29am EDITORIAL: The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) calculated the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for August at 11.1...
August CPI-based inflation clocks in at 11.1pc YoY Published 02 Sep, 2026 05:09am ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based inflation in August 2026 clocked in at 11.1 percent on a...
Inflation cools, risks remain Updated 04 Aug, 2026 04:37am Headline inflation is back in single digits after crossing 10 percent in all three months of the previous quarter....
Inflation: Wholesale Price Index has unfinished business Updated 04 Jun, 2026 12:57pm It is not quite a repeat of the 2022 commodity supercycle, nowhere close, but inflationary pressures are beginning...
Inflation: The Core heats up Updated 02 Jun, 2026 07:07am Headline CPI inflation rose11.66 percent year-on-year in May, the highest in 24 months. Headline inflation stayed...
CPI inflation surges to 23-month high Updated 02 Jun, 2026 06:45am ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index-based inflation surged to 11.7 percent year-on-year (YoY) in May 2026, the...
Poverty, inflation, and fiscal space in federal budget Updated 19 May, 2026 07:03am According to the Planning Comm ission, 29 percent of Pakistan’s population was below the poverty line, based on a...
BR RESEARCH: Sugar: time for correction to begin Updated 19 Nov, 2025 09:10am It is that time of the year again. Cane crushing season is upon us, as marketing of new season’s refined sugar...
Inflation – too early to celebrate Updated 02 Sep, 2025 08:19am The headline inflation is surprisingly down to 3 percent in August 2025 as against the street view of 4 percent. On ...
June CPI inflation clocks in at 3.2pc YoY Published 02 Jul, 2025 06:01am ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index-based inflation clocked in at 3.2 percent on year-on-year basis in June 2025 as...
May CPI-based inflation increases 3.5pc YoY Published 03 Jun, 2025 06:14am ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based inflation increased to 3.5 percent on Year-on-Year basis in May 2025...
Apr CPI inflation clocks in at 0.3pc YoY Published 03 May, 2025 06:07am ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation clocked in at 0.3 per cent on year-on-year (YoY) basis in...
Lowest since Jan ’21: Sept CPI inflation drops to 6.9pc YoY Published 02 Oct, 2024 06:19am ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation decreased to 6.9 per cent on year-on-year basis in...
First single-digit stat in nearly 3 years: Annual inflation slows to 9.6pc Published 03 Sep, 2024 06:27am KARACHI: Country’s annual consumer price inflation rate slowed to 9.6% in August, the first single-digit reading ...
Inflation decline and no feel-good factor Published 12 Aug, 2024 06:36am The July inflation data was released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on the 1 of August, showing a ...
WPI bottomed out – what is next? Published 04 Jul, 2024 08:36am The single-digit Wholesale Price Index (WPI) expectedly lasted only a month, as June 2024 saw the WPI at 10.6...
WPI bottoming out? Published 05 Jun, 2024 06:43am The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) at 9.9 percent for May 2024 is the first single digit reading in 40 months. The WPI...
Energy prices take charge of WPI Published 07 May, 2024 09:30am The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) at 13.9 percent for April 2024 was at a 39-month low. It should spell good news for...
WPI: Much more than it shows Published 03 Apr, 2024 09:18am While the last two years have piled on a misery of historic proportions on retail prices, the seeds were sown a year...
Expert throws light on recent inflation trends Published 03 Apr, 2024 05:29am LAHORE: Pakistan has witnessed a gradual decline in inflation for the third consecutive month, marking its lowest...
WPI: Gas and power at the core Published 11 Mar, 2024 08:31am The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) for February 2024 clocked in at 18.66 percent – at a 31-month low, and surely comes...
Dec CPI inflation jumps 29.7pc YoY Updated 02 Jan, 2024 09:54am ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation increased to 29.7 percent on a year-on-year basis in...
Core inflation takes centrestage Published 02 Nov, 2023 09:28am National headline inflation expectedly cooled off from last month – clocking in at 26.89 percent year-on-year,...
WPI: Non-food prices take over Published 05 Oct, 2023 08:59am The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) registered another month-on-month increase – for the fourth month running – clocking...
Sept CPI rises 4 percentage points to 31.4pc MoM Published 03 Oct, 2023 06:02am ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 4 percentage points in September to 31.4 percent against the...
Inflation 1, construction 0 Published 25 Sep, 2023 08:59am The trajectory of cement prices amid lacklustre demand is hard to ignore. Latest numbers from Pakistan Bureau of...
WPI – refusing to budge Published 06 Sep, 2023 07:30am Such are the times that a 24 percent year-on-year increase in wholesale price index (WPI) is being viewed as a...
Aug CPI inflation soars 27.4pc YoY Published 02 Sep, 2023 06:30am ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based inflation increased to 27.4 percent on a year-on-year basis in ...
Wholesale price hike: Far from over Published 04 Aug, 2023 08:25am If petroleum does not do it, electricity will. That has been the story of wholesale prices for a while as WPI index...
July CPI inflation rises 28.3pc YoY Published 02 Aug, 2023 06:47am ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation increased to 28.3 per cent on a year-on-year basis in July...