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Weekly SPI inflation up 0.65pc

Pakistan Published 24 October 2026, 05:32 · archived 24 Oct 2026

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index-based inflation for the week ended on October 22, 2026 recorded an increase of 0.65 percent owing to an escalation in the prices of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), which hiked by 22.44 percent, chicken by 12.2 percent, and onions by 4.19 percent. The SPI data released here on Friday by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistic (PBS) showed that the prices of other items which witnessed an increase included shirting which rose by 1.86 percent, plain bread by 1.66 percent, wheat flour by 1 percent, garlic by 0.74 percent, firewood by 0.71 percent, georgette and vegetab...

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