Pakistan's inflation falls to 1.5% in Feb – lowest in over 9 years
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The experts note the number to be the lowest since September 2015
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk ) – Pakistan’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rate has maintained its sliding trend on Monday, beating more than a 9-year low at 1.51 percent year-on-year (YoY) in February.
According to Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), CPI inflation stood at 1.5pc on year-on-year basis in February 2025 as compared to 2.4pc in the previous month and 23.1pc in February 2024.
The Food item prices that increased included: Pulse moong (32.65pc), besan (28.97pc), pulse gram (25.40pc), potatoes (22.88pc), fresh fruits (21.55pc), butter (21.12pc), honey (20.77pc), milk powder (20.58pc), and meat (18.59pc).
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Experts noted that the current scenario is one of disinflation, which depicts a downward tendency in the pace of the inflation rate, while deflation (the opposite of inflation) occurs when general price levels fall.
“Pakistan CPI for month of Feb-2025 has clocked in at 1.5pc, lowest reading in 113 months,” Topline Securities, a brokerage firm in Karachi, noted.
The experts noted the number to be the “lowest since September 2015”.
