Pakistan January CPI rises 27.55% year-on-year – statistics bureau

Pakistan January CPI rises 27.55% year-on-year - statistics bureau

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistans consumer price index rose 27.55% year-on-year in January, the statistics bureau said on Wednesday.

Prices were up 2.9% in January from the previous month, the bureau said in a press release. In December, the CPI had risen 24.5% on year.

(Reporting by Ariba Shahid in Islamabad; editing by Sudipto Ganguly)

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