Source: World Food Programme
Country: Pakistan
Highlights
Wheat and wheat flour prices continued to decline in May 2016, registering a decrease of 3% and 2% respectively compared to the previous month.
In May 2016, the headline inflation, based on consumer price index, rose by 3.2% on a year‐on‐year (YoY) basis following 4.2% growth in the previous month.
The purchasing capacity of the poor income group reflected in the Terms‐ of‐Trade (ToT) saw some improvement in May 2016 due to decrease in wheat flour price.
Estimates suggest an increase in global wheat production and supply in May 2016.
Petroleum prices remained stable in May 2016, however its price is significantly lower than a year ago.