{
  "id": 18613620,
  "title": "Weekly SPI inflation up 0.29pc",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/weekly-spi-inflation-up-0-29pc",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-07T01:22:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40447872/weekly-spi-inflation-up-029pc"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Islamabad, November 5, 2026 - The Sensitive Price Index-based inflation for the week concluded on November 5, 2026, rose by 0.29 percent, driven by a surge in the costs of tomatoes, LPG, potatoes, and eggs. The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) disclosed this SPI data on Friday, revealing that prices of garlic, firewood, saltpowder, bread, milk, curd, matchboxes, and shirting also climbed. Conversely, petrol, diesel, pulse gram, banana, onions, powdered milk, chicken, sugar, wheat flour, and pulse moong experienced price reductions.\n\nOut of the 51 items in the SPI basket, 21 (41.18 percent) witnessed price increases, while 10 (19.60 percent) saw price drops, and 20 (39.22 percent) remained unchanged. Year-over-Year (YoY) trends indicate a 12.31 percent hike, primarily attributable to a staggering 114.88 percent jump in LPG prices, a 78.89 percent surge in tomato costs, and significant increases in electricity for Q1, diesel, petrol, wheat flour, chicken, chilies powder, mutton, onions, bread plain, and beef.\n\nThe SPI climbed for households earning up to Rs17,732 (from 357.92 to 361 points), between Rs17,733-22,888 (from 360.81 to 363.32 points), Rs22,889-29,517 (from 381.91 to 383.89 points), and Rs29,518-44,175 (from 369.30 to 370.77 points). The highest income group (Rs44,175 and above) saw a minor increase of 0.10 percent, taking SPI from 373.45 to 373.84 points. The combined SPI likewise increased from 373.51 to 374.6 points, marking a 0.29 percent overall uptick.",
  "summary": "ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index-based inflation for the week ended on November 5, 2026 recorded an increase of 0.29 percent, owing to an escalation in the prices oftomatoes 54.18 percent, Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) 3.72 percent, potatoes 2.07 percent and eggs 1.17 percent. The SPI data released here on Friday by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) showed that the prices of other…",
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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."
}