ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based weekly inflation increased for the second straight week by 0.51 percent while it surged 15.90 percent on yearly basis. According to data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Friday, the SPI-based weekly inflation registered an increase for the week ended on February 24, 2022, the second week in a row, after registering an increase of 0.22 percent in the preceding week. The weekly inflation for the lowest income group (Q1) witnessed an increase of 0.34 percent, while it went 12.33 percent up on a year-on-year (YoY) basis for the same group. Overall for different income groups, the weekly inflation surged from 0.34 percent to 0.54 percent, while it went up from 12.33 percent to 17.34 percent on a year-on-year (YoY) basis. TLTP
