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title: "Weekly inflation declines slightly, annual rate remains at 9.05pc"
description: "Most outlets reported the 0.91pc weekly drop in SPI-based inflation, citing the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. A few also noted the annual inflation rate of 9.05pc, with Dawn emphasizing the 9pc year-on-year increase driven by food prices. Business Recorder highlighted the decline in tomato prices as a key factor. Daily Times and The Nation summarized the weekly decrease without elaborating on causes."
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# Weekly inflation declines slightly, annual rate remains at 9.05pc

business · latest filing 1 Aug 2026, 7:45 AM PKT · 31 Jul – 1 Aug 2026 · 5 articles from 5 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 5 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets reported the 0.91pc weekly drop in SPI-based inflation, citing the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. A few also noted the annual inflation rate of 9.05pc, with Dawn emphasizing the 9pc year-on-year increase driven by food prices. Business Recorder highlighted the decline in tomato prices as a key factor. Daily Times and The Nation summarized the weekly decrease without elaborating on causes.

## Same story from 5 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **The Nation** — [Weekly inflation decreased by 0.91pc: PBS](https://www.nation.com.pk/01-Aug-2026/weekly-inflation-decreased-0-91pc-pbs) · 1 Aug 2026, 7:45 AM PKT
  > ISLAMABAD - The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)-based weekly inflation decreased by 0.
- **Business Recorder** — [Weekly SPI-based inflation dips 0.91pc](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40432830/weekly-spi-based-inflation-dips-091pc) · 1 Aug 2026, 7:00 AM PKT · 85% identical wording to the newest filing
  > ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI)-based inflation for the week ended July 30 has recorded a reduction of 0.91 percent when compared with the previous week, mainly decline in the prices of tomatoes by 22.96 percent, chicken by 11.20 percent and electricity charges for Q1 by 9.06 percent. According to SPI data released here on Friday, other items that witnessed a reduction in prices incl...
- **Dawn** — [Food costs push short-term inflation up 9pc](https://www.dawn.com/news/2019806/food-costs-push-short-term-inflation-up-9pc) · 1 Aug 2026, 5:36 AM PKT · 74% identical wording to the newest filing
  > ISLAMABAD: Short-term inflation, measured by the Sensitive Price Index (SPI), surged by 9.05 per cent year-on-year for the week ending July 30, mainly due to prices of perishable food products, according to official data released on Friday. Short-term inflation has started rising again, mainly driven by a steady increase in daily petroleum prices. As a result, the transportation cost has increa...
- **Daily Times** — [Kitchen items’ prices fall by 0.91%](https://dailytimes.com.pk/1531644/kitchen-items-prices-fall-by-0-91/) · 1 Aug 2026, 3:30 AM PKT · 82% identical wording to the newest filing
  > The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)-based weekly inflation decreased by 0.91 percent during the week ended on July 30, 2026, for the combined consumption group, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported on Friday. According to PBS data, the SPI for the week under review declined to 357.61 points from 360.88 points recorded in the previous […]
- **24 News HD** — [Weekly inflation falls 0.91pc, annual rate stands at 9.05pc: PBS](https://www.24newshd.tv/31-Jul-2026/weekly-inflation-falls-0-91pc-annual-rate-stands-9-05pc-pbs) · 31 Jul 2026, 6:53 PM PKT · 93% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Pakistan's Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)-based weekly inflation fell by 0.

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