Weekly SPI decreases by 0.01%

August 22, 2025 (MLN): Pakistan's short-term inflation decreased by 0.01% compared to the previous week, while it rose by 2.30% compared to the same period last year, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported on Friday.

During the week, out of 51 items, prices of 18 (35.29%) items increased, 08 (15.69%) items decreased and 25 (49.02%) items remained stable.

Major decrease is observed in the prices Electricity Charges for Q1 (9.01%), Diesel (4.46%), Pulse Moong (1.71%), Potatoes (1.15%), Bananas (0.92%), Pulse Mash (0.88%), Pulse Gram (0.66%) and Pulse Masoor (0.45%). 

On the other hand, major increase is observed in the prices of Tomatoes (19.87%), Onions (10.85%), Wheat Flour (9.38%), Chicken (3.63%), Garlic (2.28%), LPG (1.39%), Sugar (1.20%), Gur (0.82%), Eggs (0.73%), Shirting (0.13%), Long Cloth (0.09%) and Lawn Printed (0.08%).

The year on year trend depicts increase of 2.30%. Major increase is observed in the prices of Ladies Sandal (55.62%), Gas Charges for Q1 (29.85%), Sugar (26.11%), Beef (13.03%), Gur (12.44%), Vegetable Ghee 2.5 Kg (11.60%), Firewood and Pulse Moong (11.41%) each, Vegetable Ghee 1 Kg (11.05%), Bananas (9.28%), Cooked Beef (8.06%) and Lawn Printed (7.40%).

While major decrease is observed in the prices of Onions (45.99%), Garlic (25.25%), Pulse Mash (23.47%), Potatoes (20.66%), Electricity Charges for Q1 (18.12%), Tea Lipton (17.93%), Pulse Gram (16.51%), Wheat Flour (9.34%), Pulse Masoor (7.42%) and LPG (4.00%).

The lowest income group experienced a weekly increase of 0.20%, while the inflation for the highest income group down by 0.02%.

On a yearly basis, analysis of SPI change across different income segments showed that SPI remained across all quantiles ranging between 1.49% and 2.77%.

Yearly SPI for the Lowest Income Group increased by 2.67% while the highest income group increased by 1.49%.

The average price of Sona urea stood at Rs4,403 per 50 kg bag, down by 0.06% from last week’s price, and a 6.99% decrease from last year.

Meanwhile, the average Cement price fell to Rs1,412 per 50 kg bag, which is 0.03% lower than the previous week, and 4.03% lower than prices last year.

PBS calculates short-term inflation using the SPI on a weekly basis to assess the price movement of essential commodities at shorter interval of time so as to review the price situation in the country.

SPI comprises 51 essential items collected from 50 markets in 17 cities of the country.

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