ISLAMABAD: The headline inflation based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) has increased by 9.2 per cent on Year on Year (YoY) basis in October.
The CPI inflation was 9.0 per cent in the previous month and 8.9 per cent in October 2020, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) said on Monday.
On month-on-month (MoM0 basis, it increased by 1.9 per cent in October 2021 as compared to increase of 2.1 per cent in the previous month and an increase of 1.7 per cent in October 2020.
CPI inflation Urban, increased by 9.6 per cent on year-on-year basis in October 2021 as compared to an increase of 9.1 per cent in the previous month and 7.3 per cent in October 2020. On month-on-month basis, it increased by 1.7 per cent in October 2021 as compared to increase of 2.0 per cent in the previous month and an increase of 1.3 per cent in October 2020.
CPI inflation Rural, increased by 8.7 per cent on year-on-year basis in October 2021 as compared to an increase of 8.8 per cent in the previous month and 11.3 per cent in October 2020. On month-on-month basis, it increased by 2.2 per cent in October 2021 as compared to increase of 2.3 per cent in the previous month and an increase of 2.4 per cent in October 2020.
Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) inflation on YoY increased by 15.2 per cent in October 2021 as compared to an increase of 16.6 per cent a month earlier and an increase of 12.3 per cent in October 2020. On MoM basis, it increased by 2.1 per cent in October 2021 as compared to increase of 2.7 per cent a month earlier and an increase of 3.0 per cent in October 2020.
Wholesale Price Index (WPI) based inflation on YoY increased by 21.2 per cent in October 2021 as compared to an increase of 19.6 per cent a month earlier and an increase of 5.1 per cent in October 2020. WPI inflation on MoM basis increased by 4.2 per cent in October 2021 as compared to an increase of 3.2 per cent a month earlier and an increase of 2.9 per cent in corresponding month i.e. October 2020.
