Pakistan’s Inflation Eases to Fresh Low Below 1% in March

Pakistan’s inflation slowed last month to the lowest in more than seven years, though policymakers will remain cautious with risks to price gains from global trade disruptions.

Consumer price index rose 0.69% in March from a year ago, according to Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, in line with the median estimate for a 0.7% gain in a Bloomberg survey. Inflation stood at 1.52% in February. The current reading is the lowest since the current index was created in 2017.