SPI Hits 33-Week Peak on Food Prices

SPI hits 33-week peak on food prices

The Sensitive Price Index (SPI) for the week ended August 28, 2025, rose by 0.62% week-on-week (WoW) and 3.57% year-on-year (YoY), marking the highest YoY increase after 33 weeks. The uptick was driven primarily by higher food prices, with tomatoes, wheat flour, chicken, potatoes, and mustard oil recording the sharpest increases. "Pakistan's Weekly SPI for the period ending Aug 28, 2025, increased by 0.62% WoW while up 3.6% YoY, which is the hig…

Floods push food prices higher

Islamabad: The vulnerable economy of Pakistan is facing the brunt of catastrophic floods, as essential commodity prices skyrocketed over the last week, government figures reported by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) show. Weekly inflation report indicated that 18 major food items reported price increases, which sent the Sensitive Price Index (SPI) up by 0.62 percent. The overall weekly inflation rate now is 3.57 percent, which has made th…