Weekly inflation eases to 11.32pc as tomatoes jump

The Sensitive Price Index rose 11.32 per cent year-on-year in the week ending 29 October but eased 0.35 per cent from the prior week, PBS data show.

Short-term inflation stood at 11.32 per cent year-on-year in the week ending 29 October, according to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.

The Sensitive Price Index fell 0.35 per cent week-on-week even as it stayed in double digits annually.

Of 51 monitored items, 15 rose in price, 12 fell and 24 were unchanged from the previous week.

Tomatoes led weekly gains at 34.91 per cent; electricity charges for Q1, chicken and eggs posted the largest weekly falls.

A year earlier comparison shows LPG up 106.86 per cent, while potato and tomato prices were sharply lower than last year.

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