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*The annual inflation rate, after a weekly increase of 0.01% has reached33.12%, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) data shows, ARY News reported. *
According to the data shared by the PBS, the weekly inflation rate was0.01% in the last week, taking the annual inflation rate to 33.12%. Pricesof 29 essential items increased, fives items decreased while 17 itemsremained unchanged.
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The price for potatoes increased by 4.72%, chicken by 4.45% and rice by1.17% while the price for bananas dropped by 2.82% and chickpea pulse by0.67%.
The annual increase in diesel prices reached 141.46% and petrol by 119%.Onion prices have shot up by 89%, the PBS data shows.
