{"id":3680,"date":"2026-11-02T18:03:55","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T13:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3680"},"modified":"2026-11-02T18:03:55","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T13:03:55","slug":"pakistans-inflation-eases-to-9-6-in-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3680","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan\u2019s inflation eases to 9.6% in October"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pakistan\u2019s headline inflation eased to 9.6% year-on-year (YoY) in October 2026, down from 10.3% in September, according to data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Monday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) stood at 6.2% in October 2025.<\/p>\n

On a month-on-month (MoM) basis, inflation rose 1.1% in October, compared with 1.3% in September and 1.7% in October 2025.<\/p>\n

Urban inflation eased to 9.5% YoY in October from 10.1% in September. It stood at 6% in October 2025.<\/p>\n

On a monthly basis, urban inflation increased 0.8% in October, compared with 1.3% in September and 1.4% in October last year.<\/p>\n

Rural inflation stood at 9.8% YoY in October, down from 10.5% in September but up from 6.6% in October 2025.<\/p>\n

On a MoM basis, rural inflation rose 1.5% in October, compared with 1.2% in September and 2.1% in October last year.<\/p>\n

During the first four months of FY27, average CPI inflation reached 10.05%, compared with 4.79% in the corresponding period last year.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Finance ministry outlook<\/h3>\n

The finance ministry had projected inflation in the range of 9.5% to 10.5% for October, citing elevated energy and food prices in Pakistan in line with global trends.<\/p>\n

In its Monthly Economic Update and Outlook for October 2026, the ministry said the inflation outlook would remain sensitive to international energy prices, food supplies and base effects.<\/p>\n

It also described the domestic economic outlook for FY27 as promising, with the recovery expected to draw support from improving crop prospects, selected manufacturing industries, construction activity and expanding external earnings.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Market expectations<\/h3>\n

Several brokerage houses had projected October inflation at around 9% to 9.5%, although rising fuel and electricity costs were expected to sustain price pressures and complicate the central bank\u2019s monetary policy outlook.<\/p>\n

Topline Securities projected CPI inflation at 9% to 9.5% YoY in October, compared with 10.26% in September and 6.25% in October 2025.<\/p>\n

The brokerage also warned that average inflation could exceed 9% in FY27 if international oil prices remained between $100 and $110 per barrel, compared with its earlier forecast of 8.5% to 9%.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Insight Securities estimated October inflation at 9.3%, compared with 10.3% in September and 6.2% in the corresponding month last year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pakistan\u2019s headline inflation eased to 9.6% year-on-year (YoY) in October 2026, down from 10.3% in September, according to data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Monday. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) stood at 6.2% in October 2025. On a month-on-month (MoM) basis, inflation rose 1.1% in October, compared with 1.3% in September and 1.7% in October 2025. Urban inflation eased to 9.5% YoY in October from 10.1% in September. It stood at 6% in October 2025. On a monthly basis, urban inflation increased 0.8% in October, compared…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3680\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}