The weekly inflation, measured by the Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), increased by 0.22 percent for the combined consumption group during the week ended on October 23, 2025, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported on Thursday. According to the PBS data, the SPI for the week under review was recorded at 335.14 points, up from […]
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UK inflation accelerates close to three-year peak
Britain’s annual inflation rate has jumped close to a three-year peak as consumer prices accelerate on easing coronavirus restrictions, official data showed Wednesday, fanning global inflationary fears. The Consumer Prices Index hit 2.5 percent in June from 2.1 percent in May, the Office for National Statistics revealed in a statement one day after news of […]
Chip shortage driving French industry lower
The global shortage of semiconductors that has been plaguing the automobile industry is helping drive industrial production lower in France, data showed Monday. Manufacturing of motor vehicles fell by 7.9 percent in May from the previous month “due to shortages of raw materials in the automotive industry”, the national statistics agency INSEE said. That helped […]
Biden hails ‘historic’ rebound as US adds 850,000 jobs in June
President Joe Biden on Friday cheered the “historic” US rebound from the Covid-19 crisis as the economy gained 850,000 new jobs in June, cementing the evidence of a broad recovery. The uptick was better than expected and came after two months of disappointing results, buoyed by big increases in the hard-hit leisure and hospitality sector, […]