Pakistan’s consumer inflation rate slowed to 4.1 percent year on year in December, the statistics bureau said on Wednesday, the lowest in more than 6-1/2 years.
The government has established a committe of experts for changing the Wholesale Price Index base year to 2022-23, and improving GDP calculations and inflation tracking.
The RBI kept the repo rate unchanged for the 11th consecutive time in its December policy after increasing it by 250 basis points from May 2022 to February 2023.
Water bills are set to rise by £86 on average in 2025 following regulator Ofwat’s price review. This marks the first stage of a 36 per cent increase in bills over the next five years. However this has ...