Weekly SPI decreases by 0.35%

August 01, 2025 (MLN): Pakistan's short-term inflation decreased by 0.35% compared to the previous week, while it rose by 1.98% 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 11 (21.57%) items increased, 12 (23.53%) items decreased and 28 (54.90%) items remained stable.

The SPI for the current week ended on July 31, 2025 decreased by 0.35%. Major decrease is observed in the prices of Tomatoes (17.26%), Chicken (4.76%), Bananas (2.97%), Pulse Moong (1.55%), LPG (1.39%), Potatoes (0.73%), Pulse Mash (0.61%), Wheat Flour (0.59%) and Pulse Gram (0.58%).

On the other hand, increase is observed in the prices of Eggs (1.80%), Firewood (1.11%), Cooked Beef (1.08%), Powdered Milk (0.49%), Energy Saver (0.25%), Garlic (0.24%), Cigarettes and Mutton (0.13%) each, Beef (0.10%), Gur (0.04%) and Onions (0.02%).

The year on year trend depicts increase of 1.98%. Major increase is observed in the prices of Ladies Sandal (55.62%), Gas Charges for Q1 (29.85%), Sugar (21.66%), Pulse Moong (14.27%), Beef (14.16%), Vegetable Ghee 2.5 Kg (12.33%), Vegetable Ghee 1 Kg (11.95%), Firewood (11.75%), Gur (11.23%), Eggs (10.94%), Cooked Beef (9.31%) and Lawn Printed (7.32%).

While major decrease is observed in the prices of Onions (49.32%), Tomatoes (42.31%), Garlic (23.78%), Wheat Flour (22.90%), Pulse Mash (21.40%), Tea Lipton (17.93%), Potatoes (15.95%), Chicken (11.71%), Electricity Charges for Q1 (10.02%) and LPG (0.86%)

The lowest income group experienced a weekly decrease of 0.42%, while the inflation for the highest income group down by 0.33%.

On a yearly basis, analysis of SPI change across different income segments showed that SPI remained across all quantiles ranging between 1.23% and 2.80%.

Yearly SPI for the Lowest Income Group increased by 2.14% while the highest income group increased by 1.23%.

The average price of Sona urea stood at Rs4,411 per 50 kg bag, down by 0.09% from last week’s price, and a 7.33% decrease from last year.

Meanwhile, the average Cement price rose to Rs1,409 per 50 kg bag, which is 0.19% higher than the previous week, and 3.10% 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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