Weekly inflation dips 0.81% as food, utility prices ease
Electricity, chicken prices pull inflation down on weekly basis
Pakistan’s short-term inflation, measured by the Sensitive Price Index (SPI), fell by 0.81% for the week ending May 29, 2025, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics reported on Friday. On a year-on-year basis, SPI edged up 0.41%.
Prices declined for 10 items including electricity charges (-10.1%), chicken (-8.5%), LPG (-2.7%), and sugar (-0.25%). However, prices of 14 items rose, led by tomatoes (+4.5%), potatoes (+2.9%), and eggs (+2.2%). The remaining 27 items remained stable.
The lowest income group saw a weekly decrease of 0.67% in SPI, while the highest income group saw a 0.74% decline. Annually, the impact ranged from a 0.22% decrease for the lowest group to a 1.50% rise for the highest earners.
Among key commodities, Sona urea averaged Rs4,467 per 50kg bag, down 0.09% from last week, while cement averaged Rs1,417 per 50kg, a marginal weekly dip but 14.6% costlier year-on-year.
The SPI tracks prices of 51 essential items across 17 cities on a weekly basis.
Reference Link:- https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2025/05/30/weekly-inflation-dips-0-81-as-food-utility-prices-ease/
Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
