Weekly inflation up by 0.33%: PBS

 The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has a weekly report on inflation registering another increase in inflation by 0.33 percent, the 24News HD TV channel reported on Friday.

The overall rate of inflation in the country was recorded at 34.05 percent by PBS.

According to the data issued by PBS, out of the 51 monitored items during the week, the average price of 20 items increased, 12 items decreased whereas 19 items registered no change during the week.

The SPI for the current week ended on 22nd Jun 2023 increased by 0.33%.

A major increase is observed in the prices of food items, Wheat Flour (4.95%), Potatoes (2.60%), Sugar (2.49%), Salt Powdered (1.31%), Pulse Mash (1.14%) and non-food item, Match Box (1.12%).

A 20 kg bag of flour has become expensive by Rs 125 in a week.

The price of potato has increased by Rs 2 and sugar by Rs 3 per kg, according to the Bureau of Statistics.

On the other hand, the decrease is observed in the prices of Bananas (5.56%), LPG (4.30%), Onions (4.03%), Tomatoes (1.63%), Vegetable Ghee 2.5 kg (1.51%), Vegetable Ghee 1 kg (0.68%) and Cooking Oil 5 Litre (0.62%). 

The year-on-year trend depicts an increase of 34.05%, Wheat Flour (116.00%), Cigarettes (115.24%), Tea Lipton (113.55%), Gas Charges for Q1 (108.38%), Rice Basmati Broken (76.65%), Rice Irri-6/9 (76.24%), Potatoes (68.24%), Bananas (59.11%), Gents Sponge Chappal (58.05%), Chicken (57.48%), Salt Powdered (51.61%), Bread (49.74%) and Pulse Mash (47.76%), while decrease is observed in the prices of Onions (25.31%), Tomatoes (23.90%), Pulse Masoor (4.52%) and Diesel (3.89%).