For the third consecutive week, the pace of inflation has continued to rise, with a 0.49% increase recorded this week. On an annual basis, inflation has climbed to 4.57%.
According to the Federal Bureau of Statistics, prices of 24 essential goods — including potatoes, eggs, tomatoes, onions, ghee, and flour — rose during the week, while prices of 8 items such as rice, moong lentils, petrol, diesel, and gram lentils decreased. Prices of 19 items remained unchanged.
The report shows that during the week, potatoes increased by 0.71%, eggs by 2.81%, flour by 1.42%, onions by 8.70%, garlic by 0.85%, vegetable ghee by 0.63%, tomatoes by 33.20%, and washing soap by 0.08%.
Among the items that saw a decline were chicken (-6.38%), moong lentils (-0.49%), bananas (-4.70%), gram lentils (-2.20%), broken basmati rice (-0.51%), petrol (-2.09%), and high-speed diesel (-0.55%).
Data also revealed that for households earning up to Rs17,732 per month, inflation rose by 1.07%, reaching 4.98%.
For those earning between Rs17,733–22,888, inflation increased by 0.92% to 4.98%, and for incomes between Rs22,889–29,517, the rate rose by 0.71% to 5.57%.
Households earning Rs29,518–44,175 saw a 0.59% rise (5.49%), while those earning above Rs44,176 faced a 0.29% increase, bringing inflation to 3.61%.
