There seems no end to the ballooning inflation in the country as inflation for the week ended on 27th April, 2023 increased by 0.15percent to reach 46.82 percent, according to Pakistan Bureau of Statistics report.
Major increase was observed in the prices of food items, Potatoes (8.22%), Chicken (1.75%), Wheat Flour (1.55%), Gur (1.23%), Bread (1.13%) and Rice Irri-6/9 (1.01%).
On the other hand decrease is observed in the prices of Tomatoes (19.20%), Bananas (5.39%), Onions (1.40%), Sugar (1.19%), LPG (1.09%), Pulse Masoor (0.98%) and Mustard Oil (0.39%).
During the week, out of 51 items, prices of 21 (41.17%) items increased, 07 (13.73%) items decreased and 23 (45.10%) items remained stable.
The year on year trend depicts increase of 46.82%, Wheat Flour (175.06%), Cigarettes (146.44%), Potatoes (114.45%), Gas Charges for Q1 (108.38%), Tea Lipton (104.28%), Diesel (102.84%), Eggs (91.98%), Petrol (87.81%), Rice Basmati Broken (87.71%), Bananas (86.33%), Rice Irri-6/9 (83.39%), Pulse Moong (67.60%), Bread (61.02%), Pulse Mash (58.10%) and Washing Soap (49.93%), while decrease is observed in the prices of Tomatoes (48.33%) and Chilies Powdered (6.48%).