KARACHI: The headline inflation in January 2023 increased 27.6 per cent, which is the highest since May 1975. Fahad Rauf, head of Equity Research at Ismail Iqbal Securities, said that the inflation in January 2023 is the highest reading since May 1975. Earlier on Wednesday, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported headline inflation based … Read more
KARACHI: The Pakistan bourse increased 1.3 per cent during the week ended March 4, 2022, which can largely be attributed to the contribution from the E&P, which gained on account of run up in the crude oil prices, amid the ongoing Russia and Ukraine conflict that has resulted in higher international commodity prices. The Pakistan … Read more
LONDON: UK annual inflation has hit the highest level since 1992, data showed Wednesday, adding pressure to the cost of living and on the Bank of England to keep raising rates. The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) edged up to 5.5 per cent in January from 5.4 per cent in December, also a level not seen in … Read more
KARACHI: The headline inflation based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) hit two-year high of 13 per cent in January 2022. The CPI inflation general increased by 13 per cent on year-on-year basis in January 2022, as compared to an increase of 12.3 per cent in the previous month and 5.7 per cent in January 2021, … Read more
KARACHI: The headline or food inflation based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) has increased to a 22-month high of 12.3 per cent in December 2021, according to the inflation numbers released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Saturday. The CPI inflation rose 12.3 per cent on a year-on-year basis in December 2021, … Read more
KARACHI: The headline inflation for December 2021 is likely to rise up to 12.3 per cent, despite soft food prices, analysts said on Tuesday. The analysts at Insight Securities said that despite soft food prices, the inflation based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for December 2021 will arrive at 12.3 per cent on a … Read more
Targeting 53,000 points by December 2022, Arsalan Soomro at KASB Securities project earnings growth of 12 per cent and a dividend yield of 6 per cent. Moreover, the index has the potential to re-rate once issues relating to the cash-starved energy chain are appeased. After considerable signs of economic overheating, the government and the central … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI), based on monthly inflation, remained in a single-digit by witnessing an increase of 9 per cent during September 2021, compared with the corresponding month of the last year, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported. On a month-on-month basis, it increased 2.1 per cent in September 2021, compared with … Read more
