Pakistan's core inflation slows down to 3% in August

• On YoY, CPI inflation Urban increases by 3.4% in August.
• On MoM basis, it decreases by 0.7% in past month.
• SPI inflation on YoY basis increases by 2.6% in August.
  

ISLAMABAD: Core inflation measured by Consumer Price Index (CPI) decelerated to 3% during August 2025 compared to 4.1% recorded during July 2025, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported on Monday.

According to PBS data, the CPI based inflation during the same month of last year (August 2024) was recorded at 9.6%.

On month-on-month basis, it decreased by 0.6% in August 2025  compared to an increase of 2.9% in the previous month and an increase of 0.4% in August 2024.

The CPI inflation Urban, increased by 3.4% on year-on-year (YoY) basis in August 2025 compared to 4.4% of the previous month and 11.7% in August 2024. On month-on-month (MoM) basis, it decreased by 0.7% in August 2025 compared to 3.4% in the previous month and an increase of 0.3% in August 2024.

CPI inflation Rural, increased by 2.4% on year-on-year basis in August 2025 compared to an increase of 3.5% in the previous month and 6.7% in August 2024. On month-on-month basis, it decreased by 0.5% in August 2025 compared to an increase of 2.2% in the previous month and an increase of 0.6% in August 2024.

The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) inflation on YoY basis increased by 2.6% in August 2025 compared to a decrease of 0.9% a month earlier and an increase of 10.8% in August 2024. On MoM basis, it increased by 3.2% in August 2025 compared to 3.1% in a month earlier and a decrease of 0.3% in August 2024.

The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) inflation on YoY basis decreased by 1.0% in August 2025 compared to a decrease of 0.5% in the previous month and an increase of 6.3% in August 2024. On month-on-month basis, it decreased by 0.2% in August 2025 compared to 1.2% in the previous month and an increase of 0.3% in August 2024.

The core inflation measured by non-food non-energy urban increased by 6.9% on (YoY) basis in August 2025 compared to 7.0% of the previous month and 10.2% in August 2024. On (MoM) basis, it increased by 0.3% in August 2025 compared to an increase of 0.8% measured in the previous month and an increase of 0.4% in the corresponding month of last year in August 2024.

The core inflation measured by non-food non-energy Rural increased by 7.8% on (YoY) basis in August 2025 compared to 8.1% of the previous month and 14.4% in August 2024. On (MoM) basis, it increased by 0.2% in August 2025 compared to 0.7% in the previous month and an increase of 0.6% in corresponding month of last year in August 2024.