The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)-based weekly inflation increased by 0.16 percent during the week ended on June 11, 2026 for the combined consumption group, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported on Friday.
According to the PBS data, SPI for the week under review declined to 356.11 points as compared to 355.55 points recorded in the previous week. On year-on-year basis, the SPI increased by 15.06 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) increased by 0.19 percent to 337.25 points from 336.62 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 it increased by 0.12 percent, 0.11 percent; 0.08 percent an d0.20 percent, respectively. During the week, out of 51 items, prices of 12 (23.53%) items increased, 11 (21.57%) items decreased and 28 (54.90%) items remained stable.
On Week-on-Week basis (WoW), the items that witnessed decline in prices included eggs (9.62%), chicken (5.73%), onions (4.61%), petrol (1.04%), garlic (0.98%), pulse mash (0.23%), wheat flour (0.21%), bananas (0.19%) and mustard oil (0.17%).
On the other hand, major increase was observed in the prices of tomatoes (35.39%), lpg (11.03%), potatoes (1.04%), cigarettes (0.46%), vegetable ghee 2.5 kg (0.40%), cooking oil 5 litre (0.27%), vegetable ghee 1kg (0.24%), milk fresh (0.21%) and gur & bread (0.10%) each.
On year-on-year basis, the items that witnessed decline in prices included potatoes (42.79%), eggs (34.17%), pulse gram (22.56%), sugar (15.71%), salt powder (13.26%), pulse masoor (12.07%), chicken (7.35%) and pulse moong (4.66%).
Major increase was recorded in the prices of onions (85.43%), lpg (74.45%), wheat flour (59.62%), electricity charges for q1 (59.40%), diesel (49.63%), petrol (49.03%), tomatoes (36.40%), mutton (15.73%), chilies powder (15.20%), beef (12.87%), garlic (12.41%) and bread (8.66%).