Weekly SPI decreases by 0.02%

September 12, 2025 (MLN): Pakistan's short-term inflation decreased by 0.02% compared to the previous week, while it rose by 5.03% 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 22 (43.14%) items increased, 04 (07.84%) items decreased and 25 (49.02%) items remained stable.

Major decrease is observed in the prices of Wheat Flour (9.80%), Chicken (3.20%), Bananas (3.10%) and Gur (0.30%).

On the other hand, major increase is observed in the prices of Onions (12.17%), Tomatoes (10.47%), Potatoes (3.57%), LPG (3.10%), Rice IRRI-6/9 (1.63%), Eggs (1.52%), Sugar (1.46%), Pulse Moong (1.33%), Pulse Mash (1.28%), Firewood (0.24%), Lawn Printed (0.19%) and Shirting (0.18%).

The year on year trend depicts increase of 5.03%. Major decrease is observed in the prices of Onions (40.28%), Garlic (26.69%), Electricity Charges for Q1 (21.37%), Pulse Mash (20.89%), Pulse Gram (20.43%), Tea Lipton (17.93%), Potatoes (15.70%), Pulse Masoor (4.97%) and Rice IRRI-6/9 (3.05%).

While Major increase is observed in the prices of Tomatoes (90.07%), Ladies Sandal (55.62%), Gas Charges for Q1 (29.85%), Sugar (29.33%), Wheat Flour (18.65%), Pulse Moong (15.17%), Gur (13.08%), Beef (11.92%), Firewood (11.73%), Vegetable Ghee 2.5 Kg (11.26%), Vegetable Ghee 1 Kg (10.82%) and Lawn Printed (7.92%).

The lowest income group experienced a weekly decrease of 0.13%.

On a yearly basis, analysis of SPI change across different income segments showed that SPI remained across all quantiles ranging between 4.15% and 5.85%.

Yearly SPI for the Lowest Income Group increased by 5.85% in Q3 and Q4.

The average price of Sona urea stood at Rs4,388 per 50 kg bag, up by 0.21% from last week’s price, and a 5.98% decrease from last year.

Meanwhile, the average Cement price stood at  Rs1,408 per 50 kg bag, which is 0.04% lower than the previous week, and 4.55% 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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