Pakistan’s headline inflation is projected to reach about 5.1 percent in September 2025, up from 3.0 percent in August, driven largely by a surge in food prices, brokerage firm Insight Securities said in a research note on Monday. The estimate, compared with 6.9 percent in the same month last year, comes as Pakistan is pushing […]
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World food prices fall to two-year low in May
The United Nations food agency’s world price index fell in May to its lowest in two years, as a slump in prices of vegetable oils, cereals and dairy outweighed increases for sugar and meat. The Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) price index, which tracks the most globally-traded food commodities, averaged 124.3 points in May against […]
Global food prices are at their highest in a decade: UN
UNITED NATIONS: World food prices rose for a fourth straight month in November to remain at 10-year highs, led by strong demand for wheat and dairy products, according to Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), a Rome-based UN agency. The FAO’s Food Price Index, which measures the monthly change in the international price of cereal, dairy, […]
World food prices hit 10-year high
Global food prices jumped to a 10-year high in October, a UN agency announced Thursday as it said the world’s cereal stocks were set to contract. The Food and Agricultural Organization said its food price index, which tracks changes in the international prices of a basket of food commodities, rose three percent over the month […]
ICCI concerned over upsurge in food prices before Ramazan
The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry has shown great concerns over the sharp upsurge in prices of daily food items before the start of Ramazan and called upon the government to take urgent remedial measures in order to save the common man from further troubles. Ahmed Hassan Moughal, President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & […]