The public could not get relief from inflation, the Federal Bureau of Statistics has released a weekly report on inflation. The rate of inflation in the country remains at a level of more than 43 percent, but the rate has decreased slightly on a weekly basis.
According to the report of the Institute of Statistics, the overall rate of inflation in the country has been recorded at 43.79%, however, a slight decrease of 0.14% has been recorded in the inflation rate in one week.
The prices of 15 essential items increased further in a week, the price of chicken increased by Rs 14 78 paise per kg, eggs by Rs 1 83 paise per dozen and dal mash by Rs 2 32 paise per kg.
Moong dal increased by Rs 2 42 paise per kg, flour bag of 20 kg rose by Rs 4 58 paise, similarly jaggery, wood for burning fresh milk also increased in price during the week.
According to the report, the prices of 13 items, including tomatoes, potatoes, and onions, have decreased during this week, the price of tomatoes has decreased by Rs.
In this week, garlic, sugar, lentils, lentils and bananas also became cheaper, prices of 23 items, including rice, dry milk bread, remained stable during the week.