SPI up 4.57% YoY on soaring perishables

SPI up 4.57% YoY on soaring perishables

Pakistan's short-term inflation, measured by the Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), recorded a year-on-year (YoY) increase of 4.57% for the week ended October 16, 2025, according to data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). The SPI, which tracks the weekly price movement of 51 essential goods across 50 markets in 17 cities, showed that the combined index rose 0.49% week-on-week (WoW), driven largely by sharp increases in prices of …