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Pakistan December CPI rises 24.5% year on year – statistics bureau

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January 2, 2023

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Men sell vegetables at their makeshift stalls at the Empress — Men sell vegetables at their makeshift stalls at the Empress Market in Karachi

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s consumer price index rose 24.5% in December, year-on-year, the statistics bureau said on Monday.

Prices were up 0.5% in December from the previous month, the bureau said in a press release.

In November, the CPI rise was 23.8%, year-on-year.

(Reporting by Charlotte Greenfield and Shivam Patel; Editing by Andrew Heavens)