The weekly inflation, measured by the Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), increased by 0.97 percent for the combined consumption group during the week ended on March 26, 2026, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported on Friday.
Weekly inflation rises by 0.97pc
ISLAMABAD, Mar 27 (APP):The weekly inflation, measured by the Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), increased by 0.97 percent for the combined consumption group during the week ended on March 26, 2026, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported on Friday.
According to the PBS data, the SPI for the week under review was recorded at 345.45 points, up from 342.13 points last week. On a year-on-year basis, the SPI registered an increase of 8.24 percent.
The weekly SPI with base year 2015-16 = 100 covers 17 urban centres and 51 essential items for all expenditure groups.
The SPI for the lowest consumption group (up to Rs 17,732) increased by 0.97 percent to 329.39 points from 326.22 points in the previous week.
The SPI for consumption groups of Rs 17,733–22,888; Rs 22,889–29,517; Rs 29,518–44,175; and above Rs 44,175 increased by 1.09 percent, 0.86 percent, 0.79 percent and 0.94 percent, respectively.
During the week, out of 51 items, prices of 23 (45.10 percent) items increased, 06 (11.76 percent) items decreased and 22 (43.14 percent) items remained stable.
Major commodities registering a week-on-week increase included Onions (18.10 percent), Tomatoes (11.38 percent), LPG (10.05 percent), Chicken (8.70 percent), Potatoes (8.11 percent), Electricity Charges for Q1 (6.11 percent), Eggs (3.54 percent), Garlic (3.23 percent), Mutton (2.55 percent), Beef (1.52 percent), Georgette (0.38 percent) and Firewood (0.34 percent).
On the other hand, commodities witnessing a decrease included Bananas (4.50 percent), Wheat Flour (1.00 percent), Sugar (0.29 percent), Gur (0.20 percent) and Pulse Moong and Rice IRRI-6/9 (0.17 percent) each.
On a year-on-year basis, major increases were observed in the prices of LPG (34.73 percent), Diesel (29.94 percent), Gas Charges for Q1 (29.85 percent), Wheat Flour (25.76 percent), Petrol (25.75 percent), Onions (25.07 percent), Chilies Powder (15.20 percent), Beef (13.08 percent), Mutton (12.41 percent), Powdered Milk (10.10 percent), Rice Basmati Broken (6.51 percent) and Gur (6.31 percent).
Commodities witnessing a year-on-year decline included Potatoes (45.71 percent), Pulse Gram (17.54 percent), Eggs (13.63 percent), Garlic (12.92 percent), Salt Powder (12.55 percent), Chicken (11.94 percent), Pulse Masoor (11.62 percent) and Sugar (11.34 percent).
