{
  "id": 4072473,
  "title": "SPI-based weekly inflation rises 0.05pc",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/spi-based-weekly-inflation-rises-0-05pc",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-29T00:50:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40436959/spi-based-weekly-inflation-rises-005pc"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Islamabad - The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)-based inflation rose by 0.05 percent week-on-week (WoW) for the week ending August 27, 2026, primarily due to higher prices of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), diesel, electricity for Q1, and petrol. According to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), various food items also saw price increases, including pulse gram, wheat flour, eggs, mustard oil, pulse masoor, tea, pulse mash, and beef. Conversely, tomatoes, chicken, onions, bananas, garlic, rice irri-6/9, rice basmati broken, and potatoes experienced price decreases. A total of 20 items (39.22 percent of the SPI basket) saw price hikes, while 11 items (21.56 percent) saw reductions, and 20 items (39.22 percent) remained unchanged. On a year-on-year basis, SPI increased by 9.04 percent, driven by significant price hikes in onions, LPG, wheat flour, tomatoes, diesel, petrol, and electricity. Households with different income groups experienced varying percentage changes in SPI, with the highest income group (Rs 44,175 and above) seeing a 0.13 percent increase, while the lowest income group (up to Rs 17,732) experienced a 0.17 percent reduction.",
  "summary": "ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)-based inflation increased by 0.05 percent Week-on-Week (WoW) for the week ended August 27, mainly driven by higher prices of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG),which hiked by 3.46 percent, diesel by 2.44 percent, electricity for Q1 by 2.06 percent, and petrol by 1.71 percent. According to SPI data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) here…",
  "key_points": [
    "SPI-based inflation rose 0.05% week-on-week",
    "Higher LPG, diesel, electricity prices contributed",
    "20 items increased in price, 11 decreased"
  ],
  "editors_take": "This slight weekly uptick in inflation reflects ongoing price pressures on essential items, disproportionately affecting lower-income households who saw a reduction, while higher-income groups saw a larger increase.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}