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      <title>SPI inflation up by 43% YoY amid hike in gas prices</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) surged to 42.68% year-on-year during the week ended on December 7, while the same was up by 1.16% on a week-on-week basis, data by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics showed.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The increase in the weekly inflation was led by gas charges, which were up by 1108.59% year-on-year, cigarettes increased by 94.20%, wheat flour by 85.05%, chilies powder by 81.74%, garlic 73.09%, rice basmati broken by 68.53%, and rice IRRI 6/9 60.94%.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Similarly, gur increased by 50.56%, tea by 44.65% and pulse mash recorded an increase of 44.04% on a year-on-year basis.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Meanwhile, the prices of onions showed a decline of 22.59%, tomatoes 6.97%, mustard oil 4.04%, and vegetable ghee 1kg 3% during the period under review.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;On a weekly basis, a major increase was observed in onions which showed an uptick of 8.42%, energy saver up by 3.02%, eggs recorded an increase of 2.52%, electricity charges 2.03%, and pulse moong showed up by 0.88%.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p><strong>The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) surged to 42.68% year-on-year during the week ended on December 7, while the same was up by 1.16% on a week-on-week basis, data by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics showed.</strong></p>
<p>The increase in the weekly inflation was led by gas charges, which were up by 1108.59% year-on-year, cigarettes increased by 94.20%, wheat flour by 85.05%, chilies powder by 81.74%, garlic 73.09%, rice basmati broken by 68.53%, and rice IRRI 6/9 60.94%.</p>
<p>Similarly, gur increased by 50.56%, tea by 44.65% and pulse mash recorded an increase of 44.04% on a year-on-year basis.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, the prices of onions showed a decline of 22.59%, tomatoes 6.97%, mustard oil 4.04%, and vegetable ghee 1kg 3% during the period under review.</p>
<p>On a weekly basis, a major increase was observed in onions which showed an uptick of 8.42%, energy saver up by 3.02%, eggs recorded an increase of 2.52%, electricity charges 2.03%, and pulse moong showed up by 0.88%.</p>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2023 18:08:10 +0500</pubDate>
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