Islamabad: The trend of decreasing inflation rate continued for the third consecutive week in the country, the inflation rate decreased by one percent in the last week, while the overall weekly inflation rate decreased to 24.37 percent on an annual basis. .
According to the report of the Federal Bureau of Statistics, during the recent week, the prices of 15 items increased, the prices of 18 items decreased, while the prices of eighteen items remained stable.
According to the report, the price of gourd increased by 6.06%, the price of garlic by 0.85%, the price of salt by 0.91%, the price of dry milk by 0.70%, the price of mutton by 0.65%, the price of beef by 0.45%, eggs The price of milk rose by 0.53%, the price of yogurt by 0.46% and the price of cigarettes by 0.51%.
Similarly, 22.05% in the price of tomato, 7.71% in the price of onion, 8.03% in the price of chicken, 2.89% in the price of diesel oil, 1.84% in the price of petrol, 2.36% in the price of LPG, flour The price decreased by 6.88 percent, the price of dal masoor by 1.25 percent, the price of moong dal by 0.90 percent and the price of red chili powder by 2.59 percent.
According to the statistics, during the recent week, the inflation rate for the group with income up to 17 thousand 732 rupees per month on an annual basis, 17.55% for the group with income from 17 thousand 733 rupees to 22 thousand 888 rupees per month. Inflation rate was 21.19% for the group having income from 22 thousand 889 rupees to 29 thousand 517 rupees per month, 28.07% in inflation rate for the group having income from 29 thousand 518 rupees to 44 thousand 175 rupees per month. While the rate of inflation has been 22.09 percent for the group having an income of more than 44 thousand 176 rupees per month.