Pakistan December CPI rises 24.5% year on year – statistics bureau

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s consumer price index rose 24.5% in December, year-on-year, the statistics bureau said on Monday.

Prices were up 0.5% in December from the previous month, the bureau said in a press release.

In November, the CPI rise was 23.8%, year-on-year.

(Reporting by Charlotte Greenfield and Shivam Patel; Editing by Andrew Heavens)

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