Pakistan Market Price Bulletin, January 2013
- Countries
- Pakistan
- Sources
- WFP
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Highlights
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In December, general inflation, based on Consumer Price Index (CPI), increased by 7.9 percent year-on-year basis compared to 6.9 percent in the previous month.
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Price of domestic wheat and wheat flour increased further in December.
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Marginal fluctuations were observed in prices of essential food commodities except that of poultry products which went up significantly.
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Price of global wheat decreased significantly while marginal decrease was observed in supply.
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The price of Compact Natural Gas (CNG) increased by about 21 percent.
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Purchasing power of poor households deteriorated further in December.