KARACHI:

The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended August 13, 2025 recorded a year-on-year (YoY) jump of 2.21% and a week-on-week (WoW) rise of 0.31%, reflecting inflationary pressure in essential commodities.

The SPI, which tracks prices of 51 key items across 50 markets in 17 cities, serves as a short-term gauge of consumer price movements.

On a weekly basis, the price increases were led by key perishable and protein items. Tomatoes saw the sharpest surge, jumping 12.62%, followed by chicken (4.68%), eggs (2.11%), onions (1.98%) and garlic (1.60%).

Among staple commodities, wheat flour rose 1.44%, gur (jaggery) 1.04% and pulse mash 0.52%. Firewood edged up 0.17%, adding to household energy costs.

Conversely, notable declines were recorded in bananas (-2.52%), potatoes (

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