ISLAMABAD: Short-term inflation, measured by the Sensitive Price Index (SPI), increased 4.15 per cent year-on-year in the week ending Nov 13, owing to an increase in the retail price of edible oil and sugar in the domestic market.

The SPI-based inflation recorded an upward trend for the past 15 consecutive weeks. The increase is mainly driven by a surge in prices of perishable products, including onions, tomatoes, potatoes, wheat flour as well as LPG cylinders.

It, however, increased by 0.53pc from the previous week, official data showed on Friday.

The prices of tomatoes,

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