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Inflation in Pakistan surges to 38 pc, surpasses Sri Lanka's figure in May
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
According to figures from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), consumer price index (CPI)-based inflation reached 36.4 per cent in April 2023 while rising 1.6 per cent month-over-month (MoM) in May.
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Pakistan: Food prices soar as CPI inflation record 38pc in May
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
According to figures from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), CPI-based inflation reached 36.4 per cent in April 2023 while rising 1.6 per cent month-over-month (MoM) in May.
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Inflation in India breached central bank's target but deviation lower than
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Retail inflation or (Consumer Price Index) peaked at 7.8 per cent in April 2022 to an 18-month low of 4.7 per cent in April 2023, driven by a reduction in food and core inflation. In some advanced countries, inflation had in fact touched a multi-decade high and even breached the 10 per cent
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India's retail inflation eases sharply by 1 percentage point in April
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
India's headline consumer price index-based (CPI) inflation (or retail inflation) has gradually declined from its peak of 7.8 per cent in April 2022 to below 6 per cent now - which is below RBI's upper tolerance band.
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Retail inflation in India expected to average at 5.2 pc 2023: Emkay
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Emkay Institutional Equities, a part of Emkay Global Financial Services, expects India will likely witness a sub-five per cent inflation in the early part of 2023, with an average rate of Consumer Price Index at 5.2 per cent for the entire calendar year.
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Consumer Price Index for industrial workers for March stood at 133.3, up 0
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The All-India Consumer Price Index-Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) for March increased by 0.6 points and stood at 133.3, official data showed on Saturday
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Pakistan's weekly inflation reaches all-time high of 47.23 per cent
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) revealed that the increase was particularly driven by rising food prices, which resulted in a 0.51 per cent increase in short-term inflation on a week-on-week basis.
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Soaring inflation hits Pakistanis hard during Ramzan
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
During every Ramzan inflation increases by 500 per cent and this has not changed in the last 75 years. The rise of inflation during Ramzan in Pakistan is very strange because, in countries where the Muslim population is one per cent or even less, the governments supply up to 75 per cent reli
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Sensex extends gains for ninth consecutive days
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
BSE Sensex gained 38 points to settle at 60,431.00 while NSE Nifty surged 14 points to end at 17,826.90 on Thursday.
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PoK: Retired govt employees protest, demands pension hike
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Retired government employees in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir's (PoK's) Muzaffarabad town took to the streets demanding a rise in pension and medical allowance as inflation has taken a heavy toll on their everyday lifestyle.
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Pakistan's inflation soars to 35.4 per cent in March, highest since 1965
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Pakistan's year-on-year inflation hit 35.37 per cent in March -- the highest in nearly five decades -- as the government scrambled to meet International Monetary Fund (IMF) conditions to unlock a desperately needed bailout.
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Pak Finance Ministry warns inflation to increase further
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
According to Pakistan's newspaper, the second-round effect of the policy decision had led to decisions like a rise in energy and fuel prices, the central bank's policy rate, and the rupee's depreciation to secure International Monetary Fund's funding.
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