Pakistan inflation clocks in at 9.6% in October 2026

Business Recorder•2 Nov 2026, 3:41 PM PKT
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Pakistan’s annual headline inflation eased to 9.6% in October 2026 from 10.3% in September, Business Recorder reported, citing Pakistan Bureau of Statistics data. Prices nevertheless rose 1.1% month on month, compared with 1.3% in September and 1.7% in October 2025. The October 2025 year-on-year inflation rate was 6.2%.

Urban inflation was 9.5% year on year, while rural inflation reached 9.8%; monthly increases were 0.8% and 1.5%, respectively. Across the first four months of FY27, inflation averaged 10.05%, up from 4.79% in the corresponding period a year earlier. The finance ministry had forecast an October rate between 9.5% and 10.5%, while brokerage estimates cited in the report ranged from 9.0% to 9.5%.

At a glance

• Annual headline inflation fell to 9.6% in October from 10.3% in September.
• Monthly consumer prices rose 1.1% in October.
• FY27’s first four-month inflation rate was 10.05%, versus 4.79% a year earlier.

Originally reported by Business Recorder

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