The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based monthly inflation decelerated to 10.09% on a year-on-year (YoY) basis during the month of May, from 11.1% during April 2020, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported.
On a month-on-month (MoM) basis, it increased by 0.1% in May 2021 as compared to an increase of 1.0% in April 2020 and an increase of 0.3% in May 2020.
According to PBS data, the urban CPI based inflation increased by 10.8% on YoY basis in May 2021 as compared to an increase of 11.0% in the previous month and 7.3% in May 2020. On MoM basis, it increased by 0.2% in May 2021 as compared to an increase of 1.3% in the previous month and a increase of 0.3% in May 2020.
The rural CPI, increased by 10.9% on YoY basis in May 2021 as compared to an increase of 11.3% in the previous month and 9.7% in May 2020. On MoM basis, it decreased by 0.03% in May 2021 as compared to an increase of 0.6% in the previous month and an increase of 0.3% in May 2020.
The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) inflation on YoY increased by 19.7% in May 2021 as compared to an increase of 21.3% a month earlier and an increase of 11.0% in May 2020. On MoM basis, it increased by 0.8% in May 2021 as compared to an increase of 0.4% a month earlier and an increase of 2.2% in May 2020.
Likewise, the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) on YoY basis increased by 19.4% in May 2021 as compared to an increase of 16.6% a month earlier and an increase of 1.5% in May 2020. WPI inflation on MoM basis increased by 0.3% in May 2021 as compared to a decrease of 0.4% a month earlier and a decrease of 2.1% in corresponding month i.e. May 2020.
The urban core inflation, measured by non-food non-energy increased by 6.8% on YoY basis in May 2021 as compared to an increase of 7.0% in the previous month and 6.3% in May 2020. On MoM basis, it increased by 0.2% in May 2021 as compared to an increase of 0.9% in the previous month, and an increase of 0.4% in the corresponding month of last year i.e. May 2020.
On the other hand, the rural core inflation, measures by non-food non-energy increased by 7.6% on a YoY basis in May 2021 as compared to an increase of 7.7% in the previous month and 8.4% in May 2020. On (MoM) basis, it increased by 0.3% in May 2021 as compared to an increase of 0.7% in the previous month, and an increase of 0.4% in the corresponding month of last year i.e. May 2020.
The urban trimmed core inflation, measured by 20% weighted trimmed mean, increased by 10.0% on YoY basis in May 2021 as compared to 9.8% in the previous month and 6.7% in May 2020. On (MoM) basis, it increased by 0.2% in May 2021 as compared to an increase of 0.6% in the previous month and a decrease of 0.4% in the corresponding month of last year i.e. May 2020.
The rural trimmed core inflation, measured by 20% weighted trimmed mean, l increased by 10.3% on (YoY) basis in May 2021 as compared to 10.6% in the previous month and by 8.9% in May 2020. On (MoM) basis, it increased by 0.4% in May 2021 as compared to an increase of 0.2% in the previous month and an increase of 0.5% in the corresponding month of last year i.e. May, 2020.
