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Pakistan’s combined Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)—the weekly measure of short-term price movements—rose 0.21% in the week ended October 1, 2026, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported. Compared with the corresponding week a year earlier, the index was 11.53% higher. Those figures describe different periods: one week over week, the other year over year.
What the latest weekly inflation figures mean
The 0.21% figure is the week-over-week change in the combined SPI, not a monthly inflation rate. The 11.53% figure is the SPI’s year-over-year change for the week. It compares the index with its level in the corresponding week one year earlier; it does not mean prices rose 11.53% in the latest week.
PBS describes the SPI as a weekly measure intended to assess short-term price movements in essential commodities. It is distinct from the monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI), which PBS publishes separately and describes as a different measure. See the PBS overview of price statistics.
Which prices went up and down this week?
In the PBS report’s list of 51 monitored items, 20 increased in price, 10 decreased and 21 were unchanged during the week. The largest listed increase was chicken, up 7.25%; the largest listed decrease was diesel, down 3.43%.
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| Listed item price changes | Weekly change |
|---|---|
| Chicken | +7.25% |
| Garlic | +1.85% |
| Pulse gram | +1.30% |
| LPG | +1.17% |
| Eggs | +0.72% |
| Rice IRRI-6/9 | +0.55% |
| Onions | +0.39% |
| Washing soap | +0.33% |
| Wheat flour | +0.29% |
| Long cloth and lawn printed | +0.19% each |
| Diesel | −3.43% |
| Bananas | −1.52% |
| Sugar | −1.05% |
| Potatoes | −0.96% |
| Petrol | −0.65% |
| Pulse moong | −0.63% |
| Tomatoes | −0.51% |
| Pulse masoor | −0.42% |
| Gur | −0.12% |
| Powdered milk | −0.10% |
These are individual item price movements, not estimates of how much each item contributed to the overall 0.21% SPI increase. The PBS summary does not quantify those contributions or give a causal explanation for the aggregate change. In particular, chicken’s sharp rise alone does not establish that it drove the headline index.
How the SPI is compiled—and what it does not measure
PBS tracks prices for 51 essential items collected from 50 markets in 17 cities. The agency says the weekly indicator is intended to review the country’s price situation at shorter intervals. Its coverage makes the SPI useful for following near-term movements in selected essentials, but it should not be mistaken for the monthly CPI or treated as a complete measure of every household’s spending.
The headline is a combined index. A price rise for one listed item cannot be read as an equal change in the overall index: the report provides item-level percentage movements, but not each item’s contribution to the combined result.
How this reading compares with last week
The previous week’s combined SPI increased 0.99% week over week, according to the PBS release for the week ended September 24, 2026. The 0.21% rise in the latest release is smaller, but two consecutive weekly readings alone do not establish a lasting direction or trend.
Quick Recap
Sources
- PBS executive summary: SPI for the week ended October 1, 2026
- PBS price statistics: SPI and CPI overview
- PBS SPI release for the week ended September 24, 2026
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