国产精品99一区二区三_免费中文日韩_国产在线精品一区二区_日本成人手机在线

Pakistan inflation swells 3.86 pct first 7 months in FY2018

Source: Xinhua| 2018-02-02 08:42:16|Editor: pengying
Video PlayerClose

ISLAMABAD, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) said that average inflation in the country increased by 3.86 percent during the first seven months of the Financial Year 2018 as against the same period of last year.

As per the official data, the inflation rate in the South Asian country expanded by 4.42 percent in the month of January when compared with 4.57 percent in December 2017 and 3.66 percent in January 2017.

On a monthly comparison, the inflation trimmed down by 0.03 percent in January when compared with the figure of previous month, said Director Prices of the PBS Attiq-ur-Rehman at a press conference in Islamabad on Thursday.

He further stated that the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) during the month increased by 1.81 percent while the Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) decreased by 1.04 percent.

The CPI-based inflation for food and non-alcoholic beverages increased 5.10 percent in January as against the same month of last year.

Moreover, the inflation for non-perishable food items went up 2.85 percent, perishable items by 20.40 percent, clothing and footwear 4.3 percent, housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels 4.17 percent, furnishing and household equipment maintenance 4.04 percent, health 4.04 percent, and CPI inflation for transport increased by 5.68 percent.

Similarly, the CPI-based inflation for communication swelled by 1.26 percent, recreation and culture by 0.88 percent, education by 12.40 percent, restaurant and hotel 6.69 percent while the CPI for miscellaneous goods and service expanded by 7.17 percent, he added.

Meanwhile, the trimmed core inflation during January 2018 moved up by 4.6 percent compared to January 2017 while the non-food and non-energy core inflation gained 5.2 percent in January 2018 as compared to January 2017.

The PBS collects retail and wholesale prices and computes the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and WPI on monthly basis while the SPI is calculated on weekly basis.

TOP STORIES
EDITOR’S CHOICE
MOST VIEWED
EXPLORE XINHUANET
010020070750000000000000011100001369437051
主站蜘蛛池模板: 乡城县| 武胜县| 和龙市| 济南市| 建湖县| 金坛市| 肥西县| 陇南市| 江阴市| 炉霍县| 壤塘县| 凤庆县| 邯郸县| 海门市| 中宁县| 新闻| 东阳市| 宜川县| 新余市| 锡林郭勒盟| 新疆| 锡林浩特市| 社会| 内江市| 新安县| 阳泉市| 都昌县| 绥宁县| 兴安盟| 满城县| 屯留县| 井冈山市| 曲阜市| 抚顺市| 申扎县| 临泽县| 赣州市| 自贡市| 神农架林区| SHOW| 阜平县|