Weekly SPI inflation rises 0.29% in week ended November 5
The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics said weekly SPI inflation rose 0.29 percent in the week ended November 5, 2026. Year-on-year SPI inflation stood at 12.31 percent.
- Weekly SPI up 0.29% to 374.61 points from 373.51
- Year-on-year SPI inflation at 12.31%
- Tomatoes up 54.18% in a week; petrol down 4.20%
- Lowest income group saw the biggest rise, 0.86%
The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)-based weekly inflation rose 0.29 percent in the week ended November 5, 2026, for the combined consumption group, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported on Friday.
According to the PBS, the SPI for the week rose to 374.61 points from 373.51 points in the previous week. Year-on-year SPI inflation stood at 12.31 percent. The weekly SPI has a base year of 2015-16=100 and covers 17 urban centres and 51 essential items.
The rise was larger for lower-income households. The SPI for the lowest consumption group, with spending up to Rs17,732, rose 0.86 percent to 361.00 points from 357.92 points. The Rs17,733-22,888 group rose 0.70 percent, the Rs22,889-29,517 group 0.52 percent and the Rs29,518-44,175 group 0.40 percent. Groups above Rs44,175 saw a 0.10 percent rise.
Of the 51 items tracked, prices of 21 (41.18 percent) increased during the week, 10 (19.60 percent) decreased and 20 (39.22 percent) were unchanged.
Week-on-week increases were recorded for tomatoes (54.18 percent), LPG (3.72 percent), potatoes (2.07 percent), eggs (1.17 percent), garlic (1.06 percent), firewood (1.01 percent), salt powder (0.91 percent), plain bread (0.64 percent), fresh milk (0.49 percent) and curd (0.41 percent).
Prices fell for petrol (4.20 percent), diesel (2.97 percent), gram pulse (1.08 percent), bananas (0.85 percent), onions (0.82 percent), powdered milk (0.73 percent), chicken (0.61 percent), sugar (0.40 percent), wheat flour (0.34 percent) and moong pulse (0.27 percent).
Compared with a year earlier, the largest increases were in LPG (114.88 percent), tomatoes (78.89 percent), electricity for the first quarter (52.38 percent), diesel (39.27 percent), petrol (36.34 percent), wheat flour (33.95 percent) and chicken (31.81 percent). Potatoes (37.24 percent), eggs (27.59 percent) and sugar (25.03 percent) were cheaper than a year ago.
Background
khabr.pk reported on 6 November that the government cut petrol to Rs352.59 per litre and diesel to Rs382.25 from that day, the fourth straight daily reduction.
Why it matters
Weekly SPI figures track the prices of everyday items such as food, fuel and cooking gas. Households in the lowest spending group, up to Rs17,732, saw the sharpest rise at 0.86 percent. Tomatoes, LPG, potatoes and eggs became costlier in the week, while petrol and diesel fell. Year-on-year, LPG and wheat flour remain far more expensive than a year ago.
