KARACHI:

The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) stood at 5.05% year-on-year (YoY) for the week ended October 30, 2025, mainly due to higher prices of essential food items including onions, sugar, wheat flour, and tomatoes, according to the latest data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).

The weekly indicator, which tracks short-term price movements of 51 essential commodities, also showed a 0.12% increase on a week-on-week (WoW) basis, reflecting continued pressure on household budgets amid fluctuating food supplies and seasonal market trends.

According to PBS, prices of 14 items (27.45%) increased during the week, while 10 items (19.61%) recorded a decline and 27 items (52.94%) remained unchanged.

The sharpest increases were observed in prices of onions (up 59.54%), eggs

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