ISLAMABAD: The headline inflation based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) has increased by 9.3 percent on Year-on-Year (YoY) basis in July 2020, according to data released by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Monday.
The latest increase was compared to an increase of 8.6 percent in the previous month and 8.4 percent in July 2019.
On month-on-month (MoM) basis, it increased by 2.5 percent in July 2020 as compared to an increase of 0.8 percent in the previous month and an increase of 1.8 percent in July 2019.
CPI inflation Urban, increased by 7.8 percent on year-on-year basis in July 2020 as compared to an increase of 7.6 percent in the previous month and 8.7 percent in July 2019.
On month-on-month basis, it increased by 2.2 percent in July 2020 as compared to an increase of 0.7 percent in the previous month and an increase of 2.0 percent in July 2019.
CPI inflation Rural, increased by 11.5 percent on year-on-year basis in July 2020 as compared to an increase of 10.0 percent in the previous month and 7.9 percent in July 2019.
On month-on-month basis, it increased by 2.9 percent in July 2020 as compared to an increase of 1.0 percent in the previous month and an increase of 1.6 percent in July 2019.
Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) inflation on YoY increased by 13.5 percent in July 2020 as compared to an increase of 11.5 percent a month earlier and an increase of 8.9 percent in July 2019.
On MoM basis, it increased by 2.8 percent in July 2020 as compared to an increase of 1.4 percent a month earlier and an increase of 1.0 percent in July 2019.
Wholesale Price Indicator (WPI) inflation on YoY basis increased by 3.2 percent in July 2020 as compared to an increase of 0.9 percent a month earlier and an increase of 13.3 percent in July 2019.
WPI inflation on MoM basis increased by 5.4 percent in July 2020 as compared to a decrease of 0.3 percent a month earlier and an increase of 3.1 percent in corresponding month of last year i.e. July 2019.
