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Web Desk
Jun 02, 2025

Pakistan inflation in May is up 3.5pc year-on-year

Pakistan’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 3.5 per cent year-on-year in May, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics said on Monday, higher than the Ministry of Finance’s expectations for inflation to stay within the 1.5 – 2 per cent range in the month.

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Web Desk
May 30, 2025

Lower electricity, chicken, LPG prices bring weekly inflation down

The week ending on May 29 saw the weekly inflation a 0.81 per cent decrease thanks to substantial decline in the chicken and LPG prices in Pakistan, the latest figures released by the country’s top statistical organisation.

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Syed Raza Hassan
May 17, 2025

Pakistan’s CPI for May 2025 expected at 3.0pc YoY: analysts

Key drivers of the expected decline include a 1.9 per cent MoM drop in the food index, a 0.8 per cent fall in transportation costs, and a 0.7 per cent decline in housing

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Web Desk Karachi
Jan 07, 2025

Private sector borrowing soars to Rs1.9 trillion in 1HFY25

Data released by SBP revealed that banks have been willing to extend loans to the private sector despite ongoing challenges linked to sluggish economic growth and political instability.

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Web Desk
Jul 20, 2024

SBP likely to cut policy rate as CPI inflation continues to ease

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) may consider reducing the policy rate by 150 basis points (bps) at the upcoming Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting, given the continued slowdown in Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based inflation.

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Web Desk
May 29, 2024

Inflation may decline to 12.5 per cent by June 2024

Inflation is projected to remain between 13.5 per cent and 14.5 per cent in May 2024, with a potential decrease to 12.5 per cent to 13.5 per cent by June 2024, according to the Finance Ministry’s latest economic report.

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Web Desk
May 02, 2024

Pakistan’s inflation slowed to 17.3 per cent in April

The ministry said the inflation outlook for April 2024 has been on a downward trajectory mainly because of the favourable base effect from the previous year and improvements in the domestic supply chain of essential items.

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Web Desk
Mar 05, 2024

KIBOR witnesses notable drop amidst lower inflation

The Karachi Interbank Offered Rate (KIBOR) experienced a significant drop in response to the recently unveiled CPI-based inflation figures.

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Web Desk
Feb 27, 2024

Pakistan’s CPI-based inflation expected to decline to below 24%

In a recent report, Arif Habib Limited (AHL) revealed that consumer price index (CPI)-based inflation in Pakistan is poised to decrease, projecting a year-on-year (YoY) rate of 23.5 per cent for February.