{"id":70027,"date":"2020-09-03T10:17:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T05:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=70027"},"modified":"2020-09-02T18:21:04","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T13:21:04","slug":"pakistan-bureau-statistics-records-3-month-low-inflation-aug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-bureau-statistics-records-3-month-low-inflation-aug.html","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan Bureau of Statistics records 3-month-low inflation in Aug"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics has recorded an inflation rate of 8.2% in August \u2014 with this figure currently faring at its lowest level over the past three months, a news source reported on September 2. This development is attributed to the recent decline observed in the prices of certain food products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-calls-price-control-meeting-discuss-inflation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PM calls price control meeting to discuss inflation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The inflation rate measured as per the Consumer Price Index (CPI) saw an average rate of increase in the prices of goods and services by 8.21% during the month. The authorities concerned had previously predicted that the inflation rate would hover between 8.4% and 9.7% \u2014 especially, after the rate of inflation for July was recorded as 9.3%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reportedly, the aforementioned figures have been released ahead of the upcoming meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee, during which a new monetary policy is expected to be formulated for the next two months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/inflation-rate-in-pakistan-dropped-by-2-in-march-pbs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Inflation rate in Pakistan dropped by 2% in March: PBS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, according to the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA), last month the government had also raised the electricity prices by 11.6% due to the monthly fuel price adjustments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics has recorded an inflation rate of 8.2% in August \u2014 with this figure currently faring at its lowest level over the past three months, a news source reported on September 2. This development is attributed to the recent decline observed in the prices of certain food products. Read: PM calls price control meeting to discuss inflation The inflation rate measured as per the Consumer Price Index (CPI) saw an average rate of increase in the prices of goods and services by 8.21% during the month. The authorities concerned had previously predicted that the inflation rate would hover between 8.4% and 9.7% \u2014 especially, after the rate of inflation for July was recorded as 9.3%. Reportedly, the aforementioned figures have been released ahead of the upcoming meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee, during which a new monetary policy is expected to be formulated for the next two months. Read: Inflation rate in Pakistan dropped by 2% in March: PBS In addition, according to the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA), last month the government had also raised the electricity prices by 11.6% due to the monthly fuel price adjustments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":60553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15017],"tags":[38426,23594,38427],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-70027","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-notices-announcements","8":"tag-inflation-in-august-2020","9":"tag-pakistan-bureau-of-statistics-pbs","10":"tag-pakistan-bureau-of-statistics-records-3-month-low-inflation-in-aug","11":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pakistan Bureau of Statistics records 3-month-low inflation - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics has recorded an inflation rate of 8.2% in August \u2014 with this figure currently faring at its lowest level over the past three months, a news source reported on September 2.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-bureau-statistics-records-3-month-low-inflation-aug.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pakistan Bureau of Statistics records 3-month-low inflation - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics has recorded an inflation rate of 8.2% in August \u2014 with this figure currently faring at its lowest level over the past three months, a news source reported on September 2.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-bureau-statistics-records-3-month-low-inflation-aug.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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