ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s consumer price index rose 11.1 percent year-on-year in June, easing from 11.7 percent in May and coming within the government’s forecast range of 11 percent-12 percent, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday.
CPI fell 0.3 percent month-on-month in June, compared with a 0.5 percent increase in May and a 0.2 percent rise in June last year.
Urban inflation rose 11.2 percent year-on-year and fell 0.5 percent month-on-month, while rural inflation rose 10.9 percent year-on-year and was unchanged on the month.
Core inflation, measured by non-food non-energy, eased to 8.7 percent in urban areas and 7.9 percent in rural areas.
