SPI shows 4.52% YoY increase \u2014 eggs, tomatoes, wheat flour lead rise; WoW declines 0.03%<\/p>\n
A vendor arranges tomatoes on his pushcart. The kitchen essential was selling on pushcarts for Rs400-450 and in supermarkets at Rs550-580 due to short supply in the market. Photo: Jalal Qureshi\/Express <\/p>\n
KARACHI: <\/p>\n
The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), a weekly gauge of short-term inflation in Pakistan, recorded a 4.52% year-on-year (YoY) increase for the week ended January 29, 2026, reflecting persistent upward pressure on essential commodities across the country.<\/p>\n
Despite the annual rise, the SPI witnessed a marginal weekly decline of 0.03%, indicating some short-term relief in the prices of key items. According to official data, the combined week-on-week (WoW) change across all consumption quintiles remained largely flat, with slight decreases observed in most categories except for the highest consumption quintile, which recorded a marginal increase of 0.02%.<\/p>\n
The weekly analysis highlighted notable price corrections in several staple items. Potatoes dropped sharply by 7.81%, followed by onions at 6.66%, salt powder at 1.36% and wheat flour at 1.17%. Other items registering minor decreases included pulse masoor (0.75%), eggs (0.30%), gur (0.24%) and basmati broken rice (0.08%). Conversely, certain essential goods and commodities saw price upticks during the week. Tomatoes led the gains with a 7.53% surge, followed by chicken at 3.25% and bananas at 3.07%. Household energy items such as LPG rose by 1.56%, while pulse mash and pulse gram increased by 1.49% and 1.31%, respectively. Overall, of the 51 items monitored, 18, or 35.29%, recorded price increases, nine, or 17.65%, experienced declines, while 24, or 47.06%, remained unchanged.<\/p>\n
The YoY SPI data reflect broader inflationary trends across essential commodities. Among the most significant annual price increases were eggs (42.85%), tomatoes (41.14%) and wheat flour (38.29%). The mixed weekly movement underscores seasonal fluctuations in perishable items and short-term market corrections, while the YoY increase signals persistent inflationary pressures on essential commodities, affecting household budgets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SPI shows 4.52% YoY increase \u2014 eggs, tomatoes, wheat flour lead rise; WoW declines 0.03% A vendor arranges…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":267634,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[114,184,85,46,5345],"class_list":{"0":"post-267633","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-economy","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-latest"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}