Here is the list of essential food items whose cost drastically decreased

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rate in Pakistan has observed the highest deceleration in a single month coming down from 14.6 per cent in January to 12.4 per cent in February.

Price of Essential goods that decreased in February over January

Food items Price decrease up to Onion 8.8 per cent Tomato 60.3 per cent Potato 12.9 per cent Fresh vegetables 11.5 per cent Wheat flour 5.3 per cent

Non-food items Price decrease up to Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) 13.5 per cent Electricity 13.5 per cent

This is an excellent opportunity for the government of Pakistan to cut interest rates sharply and reverse the cycle of falling growth and rising unemployment.

The annual inflation rate of the country increased to 13.07 per cent in January 2020 from 12.42 per cent in the previous month.

The inflation rate was the highest since June 2011, mostly boosted by prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages (19.3 per cent vs 16.9 per cent in December).

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