Weekly SPI increases by 0.65%

Pakistan’s Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) advanced 0.65% in the week to October 22, 2026, while its annual rise reached 11.85%, Mettis Global reported, citing the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Of 51 tracked items, 19 became more expensive, 12 fell in price and 20 were unchanged. LPG recorded the steepest weekly increase at 22.44%, while tomatoes had the largest decline, at 21.99%.

Compared with a year earlier, LPG was up 107.12% and onions 72.81%; electricity for Q1 rose 58.59%, while tomatoes were down 71.72%. Sona Urea averaged Rs4,780 per 50kg bag, unchanged on the week but 9.37% higher year on year, and cement averaged Rs1,596 per 50kg bag, down 0.28% weekly and up 14.54% annually. The SPI tracks 51 essential goods across 50 markets in 17 cities, offering a weekly measure of short-term price movements.