Islamabad: In the report released by the Federal Bureau of Statistics, it has been stated that the rate of inflation has increased for the second week in the country and the prices of 21 essential items have increased further.
The weekly inflation rate has increased by 0.44 percent for the second week in the country, after which the annual inflation rate has also increased to 13.80 percent.
According to the weekly report of inflation issued by the Federal Bureau of Statistics, in the recent week, the prices of 21 essential items of daily use increased and the prices of 10 essential items decreased, while the prices of 20 items remained stable.
During the recent week, 18.51% in tomato prices, 5.89% in onion prices, 3.72% in chicken prices, 3.63% in flour prices, 1.41% in gram dal prices, 0.92% in mung dal prices. Mustard oil prices increased by 0.58%, firewood prices by 0.51%, garlic prices by 2.47%.
According to the report, LPG prices increased by 0.98%, match prices by 0.97% and cigarette prices by 0.10%, while potato prices increased by 1.08%, egg prices by 1.45%, and sugar prices by 1.39%. , 1.29 percent in the prices of nails, 0.80 percent in the prices of dal mash, 0.38 percent in the prices of lentils, 0.81 percent in the prices of petrol, 1.32 percent in the prices of diesel, 0.0 percent in the prices of basmati broken rice. Prices of 53% and 100% of agarwood decreased by 0.59%.
