Dec CPI inflation stands at 5.6pc YoY

Consumer Price Index-based inflation stood at 5.6 per cent on a year-on-year (YoY) basis in December 2025, compared to 6.1 per cent in the previous month and 4.1 per cent in December 2024, according to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). Data released by the PBS on Monday further showed that on a month-on-month (MoM) basis, CPI declined by 0.4 per cent in December 2025, compared to an increase of 0.4 per cent in the preceding month and a rise of 0.1 per cent in December 2024. CPI inflation Urban, increased by 5.8 percent on year-on-year basis in December 2025 as compared to an increase of 6.1 percent in the previous month and 4.4 percent in December 2024. On MOM basis, it decreased by 0.4 percent in December 2025 as compared to an increase of 0.5 percent in the previous month and a decrease of 0.1 percent in December 2024.