The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)-based weekly inflation increased by 0.46 percent during the week ended on June 18, 2026 for the combined consumption group, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported Friday.
According to PBS data, SPI for the week under review rose to 357.76 points as compared to 356.11 points recorded in the previous week. On year-on-year basis, the SPI increased by 15.28 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 0.64 percent to 339.41 points from 337.25 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 increased by 0.61 percent, 0.53 percent, 0.51 percent and 0.39 percent, respectively.
During the week, out of 51 items, prices of 25 items (49.02 percent) increased, 11 items (21.57 percent) decreased, while 15 items (29.41 percent) remained stable.
On a week-on-week basis (WoW), the items that witnessed a decline in prices included onions, which fell by 2.98 percent, followed by garlic 2.51 percent, bananas 1.28 percent, petrol 1.06 percent, pulse mash 1.04 percent, salt powder 0.95 percent, pulse moong 0.61 percent, wheat flour 0.53 percent, diesel 0.51 percent and pulse gram by 0.04 percent.
On the other hand, major increase was observed in the prices of tomatoes which rose by 16.65 percent, followed by potatoes 6.82 percent, chicken 5.60 percent, washing soap 1.16 percent, gur 0.65 percent, mutton and LPG 0.51 percent each, shirting 0.48 percent, long cloth 0.43 percent, eggs 0.35 percent, milk fresh 0.29 percent and curd by 0.26 percent.
On year-on-year basis, prices of potatoes declined by 41.09 percent, followed by eggs 26.98 percent, pulse gram 22.32 percent, sugar 17.51 percent, salt powder 14.09 percent, pulse masoor 12.25 percent, pulse moong 5.48 percent and chicken by 4.24 percent over the same period of last year, PBS reported.
Major increase was recorded in the prices of onions by 79.76 percent, followed by tomatoes 68.59 percent, electricity charges for Q1 59.40 percent, wheat flour 58.72 percent, LPG 52.66 percent, petrol 44.73 percent, diesel 44.39 percent, mutton 16.30 percent, chilies powder 15.20 percent, beef 12.86 percent, garlic 10.74 percent and bread by 8.67 percent.