PBS SPI eases 0.04pc after tomato prices fall 23pc
The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics said the Sensitive Price Indicator slipped to 372.43 points for the week ended 15 October 2026, even as year-on-year SPI stayed elevated at 11.38 percent.
Combined SPI fell 0.04 percent week-on-week to 372.43 points from 372.58 for the week ended 15 October 2026, PBS said.
Tomatoes led weekly declines at 23.05 percent; onions, bananas, petrol, broken basmati rice, sugar and gur also eased.
Pulse gram, wheat flour and chicken rose most on the week; 23 of 51 basket items were dearer, seven cheaper, 21 unchanged.
Year-on-year SPI was up 11.38 percent, led by onions, LPG, first-quarter electricity, petrol and diesel.