{"id":9335,"date":"2025-06-02T15:04:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T15:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=9335"},"modified":"2025-06-02T15:04:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T15:04:03","slug":"pakistans-cpi-inflation-rises-3-46-in-may-on-annual-basis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=9335","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan\u2019s CPI inflation rises 3.46% in May on annual basis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Pakistan\u2019s consumer price index (CPI) inflation rose 3.46% in May 2025 compared to the same month a year earlier, data from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) showed on Monday. However, on a month-to-month basis, the national CPI declined by 0.17% compared to April 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The CPI is based on the 2015\u201316 base year and combines urban and rural price indices. Urban inflation increased 0.07% in May over April, while rural inflation dropped 0.53%.<\/p>\n<p>The average inflation rate for July 2024 to May 2025 stood at 4.61%, compared with the corresponding period in 2023\u201324.<\/p>\n<p>The national index declined slightly due to drops in key categories including housing and perishable food items. Urban consumers saw a mild increase driven by price hikes in food staples like eggs (+24.38%) and chicken (+8.63%), while tomato (-20.80%) and onion (-12.05%) prices fell sharply.<\/p>\n<p>Rural areas experienced a broader decline due to a significant drop in food prices, including tomatoes (-32.99%), onions (-18.37%), and wheat flour (-10.52%). Nonetheless, rural areas reported price increases in eggs (+19.27%) and fresh fruits (+5.07%).<\/p>\n<p>Non-food price changes included higher costs for cotton cloth (+3.20%) and motor vehicles (+1.86%) in urban regions, while electricity charges (-7.03%) and motor fuels (-0.67%) dropped. In rural areas, dental services (+5.97%) and education (+1.59%) were among the most notable increases.<\/p>\n<p>On a year-over-year basis, urban inflation was up 3.51%, and rural inflation increased 3.39%.<\/p>\n<p>Food and non-alcoholic beverages rose 3.07% nationally, with non-perishable food prices up 5.01%, while perishable food items dropped 9.21%. Alcoholic beverages and tobacco saw a 7.86% annual increase, and clothing and footwear surged 9.66%.<\/p>\n<p>The most significant annual price increases were recorded in clothing, tobacco, and non-perishable food items. Meanwhile, perishable goods like vegetables and fruits experienced year-on-year price declines.<\/p>\n<p>The PBS compiles the CPI using data from 35 cities and 27 rural centres, tracking a total of 600 consumer items. The data provides a key indicator of cost-of-living trends that influence monetary policy and economic planning.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan\u2019s consumer price index (CPI) inflation rose 3.46% in May 2025 compared to the same month a year earlier, data from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) showed on Monday. However, on a month-to-month basis, the national CPI declined by 0.17% compared to April 2025. The CPI is based on the 2015\u201316 base year and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9335","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=9335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9335\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}