The weekly inflation, measured by the Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), decreased by 0.03 percent for the combined consumption group during the week ended on January 29, 2026, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported on Friday.
According to the PBS data, the SPI for the week under review was recorded at 333.49 points, down from 333.60 points last week. On a year-on-year basis, the SPI increased by 4.52 percent.
The weekly SPI with base year 2015-16 = 100 covers 17 urban centres and 51 essential items for all expenditure groups.
The SPI for the lowest consumption group (up to Rs 17,732) decreased by 0.15 percent to 323.80 points from 324.30 points.
The SPI for consumption groups of Rs 17,733-22,888; Rs 22,889-29,517; Rs 29,518-44,175; and above Rs 44,175 declined by 0.12 percent, 0.09 percent, 0.07 percent and 0.02 percent, respectively.
During the week, out of 51 items, prices of 18 (35.29 percent) items increased, 09 (17.65 percent) items decreased and 24 (47.06 percent) items remained stable.
Major commodities registering a week-on-week decrease included Potatoes (7.81%), Onions (6.66%), Salt Powder (1.36%), Wheat Flour (1.17%), Pulse Masoor (0.75%), Eggs (0.30%), Gur (0.24%) and Rice Basmati Broken (0.08%).
Items showing an increase in prices included Tomatoes (7.53%), Chicken (3.25%), Bananas (3.07%), LPG (1.56%), Pulse Mash (1.49%), Pulse Gram (1.31%), Chilies Powder (0.66%), Pulse Moong (0.61%), Firewood (0.37%), Vegetable Ghee 2.5Kg (0.32%), Shirting (0.25%) and Cigarettes (0.24%).
On a year-on-year basis, major increases were observed in the prices of Eggs (42.85%), Tomatoes (41.14%), Wheat Flour (38.29%), Gas Charges for Q1 (29.85%), Chilies Powder (13.30%), Beef (12.65%), Firewood (11.54%), LPG (11.31%), Powdered Milk (10.00%), Gur (9.25%), Shirting (8.49%) and Bananas (8.33%).
Commodities witnessing a year-on-year decline included Potatoes (47.35%), Garlic (35.89%), Onions (31.40%), Pulse Gram (26.16%), Tea Lipton (17.79%), Chicken (14.88%), Pulse Mash (10.94%), Salt Powder (9.80%), Diesel (1.27%) and Petrol (0.95%).