Tag: Inflation
Vegetable, chicken prices on the up
The prices of vegetables and chicken have gone up at the city’s Sunday bazaars as compared to the previous week. According to list, this...
Inflation pushing people towards starvation: JI chief
Ameer Jamaat e Islami, Pakistan, Syed Munawar Hasan has said that the PPP government has inflicted maximum harm to the workers and labourers during...
Soaring food prices badly affect common man: ICCI President
Food inflation has emerged as a major source of concern for general masses with the rise in the fuel prices. Back-breaking food inflation is...
‘Govt policies resulting in hyper inflation’
People are faced with hyper inflation and joblessness due to the policies of the government as substantiated by the recent report on the performance...
Targets to be missed
Some optimism nonetheless
The government won’t probably meet its growth target but would meet its inflation target. That was the central bank’s forecast in its...
Inflation to recover double digit growth
After posting single digit growth in Dec-11, the headline inflation is expected to recover its double digit growth momentum from Jan-12 onwards. Estimates suggest...
Inflation dips to single-digit after two years
Consumer price index (CPI) inflation in the country fell to signal digits during the month of December after a lapse of 24 months to...
CPI inflation likely to rise by10.6pc
Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation for the month of Dec-11 is likely to post a 10.6 per cent YoY rise. That translates into a...
Inflation risks back on the radar
After cumulative rate cuts of 200bps at its previous two meetings, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has struck a note of caution about the...
Sharifs’ political survival
During the hearing of Nawaz Sharif’s petition on Memogate in Supreme Court, he said that he had no confidence in the parliament. Therefore, he...
The new buzz word
Nearly after 64 years of independence, the country has come back to the stage it had started from. Before partition, there were protests in...
Up, up and away
Pakistan is a state that never fails to surprise its citizens. Even though millions of people are living well below the poverty line, no...
JPJM to launch drive against inflation, unemployment
Addressing a Jeevay Pakistan Jeevay Muqami Hakumat (JPJM) rally with ex-local government representatives and common folk, Daniyal Aziz promised to launch a struggle against...
Taking a hike?
Not only is inflation a bane for the public but also a key issue in economic planning as it has turned into stagflation. We...
Poultry prices shoot up after Eid
The price of eggs has increased by Rs 15 per dozen over the last one week and reached Rs 90 per dozen on Saturday,...
Weekly inflation goes up by 0.9pc
The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended on November 10, for the lowest income group up to Rs.8,000, has registered increase of...
Bullish inflation
The prices of basic commodities always rise during Eid days and they refuse to go back down once the festival is over. Even this...