Weekly SPI inflation up 0.53pc

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index-based inflation showed an upward trend with an increase of 0.53 percent for the week ending November 13, 2025. The uptick is mainly driven by double-digit increases in the prices of chicken and vegetable oil. A major increase was observed in the prices of chicken (20.33 percent), tomatoes (12.03 percent), bananas (2.32 percent), LPG (1.97 percent), potatoes (1.08 percent), cooking oil 5 litres (0.38 percent), shirting (0.36 percent), pulse masoor (0.33 percent), firewood and beef (0.26 percent each), and mutton (0.07 percent). On the other hand, significant decreases were recorded in the prices of onions (6.65 percent), pulse gram (2.61 percent), salt powder (1.80 percent), gur (1.78 percent), sugar (1.07 percent), wheat flour (0.69 percent), pulse mash (0.66 percent), and pulse moong (0.27 percent). Weekly SPI inflation down 0.59pc During the week, out of 51 items, the prices of 15 items (29.41 percent) increased, 12 items (23.53 percent) decreased, and 24 items (47.06 percent) remained stable. The year-on-year trend shows an overall increase of 4.15 percent. Significant increases were recorded in the prices of ladies’ sandals (55.62 percent), sugar (40.25 percent), gas charges for Q1 (29.85 percent), wheat flour (18.70 percent), gur (16.47 percent), beef (14.29 percent), firewood (12.23 percent), bananas (11.71 percent), vegetable ghee 2.5 kg (10.93 percent), diesel (9.29 percent), cooking oil 5 litres (8.43 percent), and mutton (8.16 percent). Meanwhile, decreases were noted in the prices of garlic (36.29 percent), pulse gram (29.89 percent), electricity charges for Q1 (26.26 percent), tomatoes (23.01 percent), potatoes (22.46 percent), Lipton tea (17.79 percent), pulse mash (15.35 percent), LPG (11.00 percent), pulse masoor (5.40 percent), and IRRI-6/9 rice (3.02 percent). Copyright Business Recorder, 2025