Weekly SPI decreases by 0.18%

June 27, 2025 (MLN): Pakistan's short-term inflation decreased by 0.18% compared to the previous week, while it fell by 1.52% 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 12 (23.53%) items increased, 14 (27.45%) items decreased and 25 (49.02%) items remained stable.

Major decrease is observed in the prices of Eggs (12.27%), Chicken (10.75%), Bananas (2.75%), Onions (1.46%), Potatoes (1.27%), Wheat Flour (1.01%), Pulse Mash (0.49%) and Pulse Moong (0.39%).

On the other hand, increase is observed in the prices of Electricity Charges for Q1 (6.88%), Garlic (5.15%), LPG (1.24%), Gur (1.00%), Tomatoes (0.99%), Sugar (0.88%), Rice IRRI-6/9 (0.69%), Milk Fresh (0.38%), Curd (0.36%), Firewood (0.11%) and Powdered Milk (0.03%).

The year on year trend depicts decrease of 1.52%. Major decrease is observed in the prices of Onions (62.28%), Tomatoes (40.70%), Electricity Charges for Q1 (37.62%), Garlic (27.06%), Potatoes (19.80%), Pulse Mash (19.75%), Tea Lipton (17.93%), Wheat Flour (15.54%), Pulse Masoor (7.62%) and Diesel (1.93%).

While major increase is observed in the prices of Ladies Sandal (55.62%), Sugar (27.35%), Powdered Milk (25.97%), Pulse Moong (24.42%), LPG (17.00%), Beef (15.74%), Vegetable Ghee 2.5 Kg (12.87%), Vegetable Ghee 1Kg (12.59%), Gur (10.99%), Firewood (10.70%), Lawn (10.48%) and Bananas (8.71%).

The lowest income group experienced a weekly decrease of 0.06%, while the inflation for the highest income group down by 0.25%.

On a yearly basis, analysis of SPI change across different income segments showed that SPI remained across all quantiles ranging between 3.31% and 0.20%.

Yearly SPI for the Lowest Income Group decreased by 2.36% while the highest income group decreased by 0.20%.

The average price of Sona urea stood at Rs4,443 per 50 kg bag, down by 0.17% from last week’s price, and a 6.27% decrease from last year.

Meanwhile, the average Cement price fell to Rs1,412 per 50 kg bag, which is 0.20% lower than the previous week, and 10.72% higher 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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