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  "id": 17213858,
  "title": "Short-term inflation rises to 11.32pc in last week of October, driven by perishable food prices",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/short-term-inflation-rises-to-11-32pc-in-last-week-of-october-driven",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-30T10:35:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2040950/short-term-inflation-rises-to-1132pc-in-last-week-of-october-driven-by-perishable-food-prices"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "According to official data from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), short-term inflation in Pakistan rose to 11.32 percent year-on-year in the week ending October 29, with perishable food products being the primary driver of the increase. The index, which tracks 51 essential items across 50 markets in 17 cities, is calculated weekly to monitor changes in the prices of crucial commodities and services. For the week, 15 of the 51 monitored items saw a price increase, while 12 declined, and 24 remained unchanged. The Sensitive Price Index (SPI), which focuses on short-term inflation, saw a minor decrease of 0.35 percent week-on-week. The government has resisted reducing the petroleum levy, leading to continuous increases in petrol and diesel prices, further fueling inflationary pressures and indirectly boosting sales tax collections. Among the items with the highest price increases were tomatoes (34.91 percent), potatoes (3.27 percent), diesel (2.53 percent), pulse gram (2.11 percent), plain bread (1.29 percent), onions (0.62 percent), fresh milk (0.48 percent), curd (0.46 percent), vegetable ghee (0.29 percent), and firewood (0.2 percent). On the other hand, electricity charges for Q1 (3.92 percent), chicken (2.95 percent), eggs (2.81 percent), wheat flour (0.83 percent), LPG (0.73 percent), bananas (0.71 percent), rice IRRI-6/9, and masoor pulse all saw price declines.",
  "summary": "ISLAMABAD: Short-term inflation rose to 11.32 per cent year-on-year in the week ending October 29, driven largely by perishable food products, according to official data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Friday. The index, comprising 51 items whose prices are collected from 50 markets in 17 cities, is calculated weekly to track changes in the prices of essential commodities…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}