ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based weekly inflation increased by 0.47 per cent during the week ended on May 14, 2026 for the combined consumption group, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported on Friday.
According to PBS data, SPI for the week under review rose to 358.71 points as compared to 357.04 points recorded in the previous week.On a year-on-year (YoY) basis, the SPI increased by 14.52 per cent.
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 Rs17,732) increased by 0.39 per cent to 335.77 points from 334.45 points.
The SPI for consumption groups of Rs17,733-22,888; Rs22,889-29,517; Rs29,518-44,175; and above Rs44,175 increased by 0.42 per cent, 0.39 per cent, 0.44 per cent and 0.52 per cent, respectively.
During the week, out of 51 items, prices of 23 items (45.1 per cent) increased, 9 items (17.65 per cent) decreased, while 19 items (37.25 per cent) remained stable.Major increase was observed in the prices of tomatoes which rose by 22.13 per cent, followed by wheat flour 4.94 per cent, diesel 3.76 per cent, petrol 3.73 per cent, onions 2.98 per cent, bananas 1.93 per cent, potatoes 0.74 per cent, curd 0.54 per cent, fresh milk 0.48 per cent and sugar by 0.46 per cent.
On the other hand, prices of chicken declined by 6.34 per cent, followed by eggs 3.83 per cent, garlic 2.2 per cent, LPG 1.23 per cent, pulse mash 0.63 per cent, pulse gram 0.37 per cent, pulse masoor 0.28 per cent and pulse moong by 0.18 per cent.
On a YoY basis, the SPI for the week under review increased by 14.52 per cent compared to the corresponding week of last year.During the period, major increase was recorded in the prices of petrol by 64.23 per cent, diesel 61.61 per cent, wheat flour 57.56 per cent, electricity charges for Q1 52.58 per cent, onions 50.06 per cent, LPG 48.34 per cent and tomatoes by 40.66 per cent.
Prices of mutton, chilies powder, garlic, beef and bananas also increased.Meanwhile, prices of potatoes declined by 43.07 per cent, pulse gram by 21.33 per cent, chicken by 20.67 per cent, eggs by 18.22 per cent, sugar by 15.04 per cent, salt powder by 13.26 per cent, pulse masoor by 12.24 per cent and pulse moong by 2.03 per cent over the same period of last year, PBS reported.
