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Inflation surges in Pakistan post 2024-25 budget
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
According to the latest Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) weekly report, the annual inflation rate has surged to 23.59 per cent. The report highlights increases in prices for 29 essential items over the past week, while five items maintained stable prices and 17 experienced price reduction
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Retail inflation eases to 4.75 % in May, downward trend continues
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The data indicates differentiated inflation rates for rural and urban areas, with rural inflation at 5.28 per cent and urban inflation at 4.15 per cent.
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RBI MPC meets amid concerns of inflation, rate cut unlikely say economists
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is unlikely to reduce the benchmark interest rate in its upcoming monetary policy review meeting. The meeting, chaired by Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das, is underway in Mumbai
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Health Insurance for Senior Citizens: Discover the Needs & Benefits
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17: Injuries and health issues that have not been a major problem in your entire life would start becoming one with age. That is why senior citizens need more attention to their health as they age, along with constant medical attention. Hence, to deal with medical emer
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"Huge gift to people": AAP slams PM Modi on high wholesale inflation rate
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
"Well, PM Modi has given a huge gift to the people of the country in the form of the wholesome inflation rate which is 13-month high," AAP Punjab said in a post on 'X'.
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US Fed vows to hold policy rate "as long as appropriate" to bring inflatio
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said it was prepared to maintain the current interest rate for "as long as appropriate" so as to align the inflation rate with its 2 per cent target.
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Pakistan struggles with soaring inflation and widening wage disparities
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The government's decision to devalue the currency by over 50 per cent within a year and eliminate subsidies as part of the latest instalment of the International Monetary Fund bailout package has exacerbated the nation's cost-of-living crisis.
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Pakistan: People seek relief from new Punjab govt amid record high inflati
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
The people of Pakistan's Lahore are now demanding economic relief from the newly formed government of Maryam Nawaz Sharif after suffering from skyrocketing inflation. And additional expenses during the festive season of Ramzan are increasing the strain on their financial condition.
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Pakistan's weekly inflation rises by 1.35 pc, annual rate hits alarming le
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
This surge in weekly inflation has pushed the annual inflation rate to an alarming level of 32.89 per cent, reflecting mounting pressure on the country's economy.
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US Fed officials says need "continued good" inflation data before cutting
Updated : 2 years ago IST
US Fed had raised interest rates from near zero to now 5.25-5.50 per cent in the fight against inflation. Raising interest rates is a monetary policy instrument that typically helps suppress demand in the economy, thereby helping the inflation rate decline.
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Pakistan's monthly inflation rate increases to 28.5 pc amid economic crisi
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The Pakistan-based news daily reported that this report follows the central bank's recent announcement of its monetary policy, which tempered earlier optimism about a sharp decline in inflation in the second half of the fiscal year. Price stability is the central bank's primary objective und
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India's wholesale price inflation at (-)0.52 per cent in August, due to fa
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The WPI index for all commodities was 152.4, with an inflation rate of (-)0.52 per cent, primary articles category witnessed an inflation rate of 6.34 per cent, with a WPI index of 189.6, the inflation rate for fuel and power was at 2.96 per cent, with a WPI index of 149.6, manufactured prod
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