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Pakistan records all-time high inflation
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): Pakistan’s annual inflation reached an all-time high in May, hitting almost 38%.
Inflation rose to 37.97% year-on-year last month, the highest-ever in the country, according to the Statistics Bureau of Pakistan.
It was 36.4% in April, which at the time was the highest on record.
The month-on-month rise in May was 1.58%, the bureau said in a statement, adding that vegetables, pulses and chicken prices posted the biggest increase.
The inflation rate in Pakistan averaged 8.18% from 1957 until 2023, with a record low of -10.32% in February 1959.
Inflation in the South Asian nation of over 220 million people is the highest in the region.
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