{"id":9986,"date":"2021-05-01T15:57:31","date_gmt":"2021-05-01T15:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=9986"},"modified":"2021-05-01T15:57:31","modified_gmt":"2021-05-01T15:57:31","slug":"pakistan-inflation-rate-rises-to-11-10-in-april-pbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/05\/01\/pakistan-inflation-rate-rises-to-11-10-in-april-pbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan inflation rate rises to 11.10% in April: PBS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-area\" data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.geo.tv\/latest\/348219-pakistan-inflation-rate-rises-to-1110-in-april-pbs\">\n<p><strong>ISLAMABAD:<\/strong> Pakistan Bureau of Statics (PBS) said Saturday the country&#8217;s annual consumer price inflation (CPI) clocked in at 11.1% in April, up from 8.5% in the same month last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9987\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Pak-Economy-food-inflation-Pakistan-inflation-rate-rises-to-1110-in-April-PBS-rapidnews-dailyrapid.jpg\" alt=\"Pak-Economy-food-inflation-Pakistan-inflation-rate-rises-to-1110%-in-April-PBS-rapidnews-dailyrapid\" width=\"1170\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Pak-Economy-food-inflation-Pakistan-inflation-rate-rises-to-1110-in-April-PBS-rapidnews-dailyrapid.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Pak-Economy-food-inflation-Pakistan-inflation-rate-rises-to-1110-in-April-PBS-rapidnews-dailyrapid-300x103.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Pak-Economy-food-inflation-Pakistan-inflation-rate-rises-to-1110-in-April-PBS-rapidnews-dailyrapid-1024x350.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Pak-Economy-food-inflation-Pakistan-inflation-rate-rises-to-1110-in-April-PBS-rapidnews-dailyrapid-768x263.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The CPI was recorded at 9.1% last month, according to the PBS.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Imran Khan has made several changes to his economic team in the past last month, aiming to bring in policies to control inflation that has been on an upward trend.<\/p>\n<p>An increase in prices of vegetables, fruits and meat caused the latest hike in inflation, the statistics bureau said. The price rises have been hitting the country\u2019s poor, who are also struggling with the economic fallout from the pandemic.<\/p>\n<div class=\"medium-insert-images ui-sortable\">\n<figure class=\"\" contenteditable=\"false\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geo.tv\/assets\/uploads\/updates\/2021-05-01\/348219_1331008_updates.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The CPI inflation Urban increased by 11.0% in April 2021 as compared to an increase of 8.7% in the previous month and 7.7% in April 2020, the PBS said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">CPI inflation Rural increased by 11.3% in April 2021 as compared to an increase of 9.5% in the previous month and 9.8% in April 2020, it added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Bureau of Statics (PBS) said Saturday the country&#8217;s annual consumer price inflation 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