Yearly Inflation at 4.94 Percent in March
MG News | April 03, 2017 at 01:24 PM GMT+05:00
The PBS released the Inflation figures for March, following is the summary of their release.
- CPI inflation General increased by 4.9% on year-on-year basis in March 2017 as compared to an increase of 4.2% in the previous month and 3.9% in March 2016. On month-on-month basis, it increased by 0.8% in March 2017 as compared to an increase of 0.3% in the previous month and an increase of 0.1% in March 2016.
- Core inflation measured by non-food non-energy CPI (Core NFNE) increased by 5.3% on (YoY) basis in March 2017 as compared to increase of 5.3% in the previous month and 4.7% in March 2016. On (MoM) basis, it increased by 0.1% in March 2017 as compared to increase of 0.2% in previous month, and an increase of 0.2% in corresponding month of last year i.e. March 2016.
- Core inflation, measured by 20% weighted trimmed mean CPI (Core Trimmed) increased by 4.5% on (YoY) basis in March 2017 as compared to 4.1% in the previous month and by 3.8% in March 2016. On (MoM) basis, it increased by 0.2% in March 2017 as compared to an increase of 0.2% in the previous month and an increase of 0.2% in corresponding month of last year i.e. March 2016.
- SPI inflation on YoY increased by 3.1% in March 2017 as compared to an increase of 1.1% a month earlier and an increase of 3.5% in March 2016. On MoM basis, it increased by 1.8% in March 2017 as compared to an increase of 0.2% a month earlier and a decrease of 0.2% in March 2016.
- WPI inflation on YoY basis increased by 6.4% in March 2017 as compared to an increase of 5.3% a month earlier and an increase of 0.2% in March 2016. WPI inflation on MoM basis increased by 0.7% in March 2017 as compared to an increase of 0.5% a month earlier and a decrease of 0.4% in corresponding month of last year i.e. March 2016.
Related News
| Name | Price/Vol | %Chg/NChg |
|---|---|---|
| KSE100 | 170,916.41 161.03M | 0.62% 1051.88 |
| ALLSHR | 103,369.66 383.25M | 0.63% 644.53 |
| KSE30 | 52,019.19 73.81M | 0.68% 348.77 |
| KMI30 | 246,253.29 61.92M | 0.83% 2022.47 |
| KMIALLSHR | 67,624.00 214.24M | 0.72% 482.17 |
| BKTi | 45,637.55 19.08M | 0.28% 126.30 |
| OGTi | 34,354.87 15.54M | 1.68% 567.82 |
| Symbol | Bid/Ask | High/Low |
|---|
| Name | Last | High/Low | Chg/%Chg |
|---|---|---|---|
| BITCOIN FUTURES | 89,765.00 | 90,250.00 87,745.00 | -675.00 -0.75% |
| BRENT CRUDE | 61.43 | 61.50 61.07 | 0.31 0.51% |
| RICHARDS BAY COAL MONTHLY | 91.00 | 0.00 0.00 | 1.00 1.11% |
| ROTTERDAM COAL MONTHLY | 97.30 | 0.00 0.00 | 0.60 0.62% |
| USD RBD PALM OLEIN | 1,016.00 | 1,016.00 1,016.00 | 0.00 0.00% |
| CRUDE OIL - WTI | 57.73 | 57.80 57.38 | 0.29 0.50% |
| SUGAR #11 WORLD | 15.10 | 15.27 14.83 | 0.25 1.68% |
Chart of the Day
Latest News
Top 5 things to watch in this week
Pakistan Stock Movers
| Name | Last | Chg/%Chg |
|---|
| Name | Last | Chg/%Chg |
|---|
× ![]()