Overview
- The Sensitive Price Indicator fell to 335.84 from 337.99 for the week ended December 4, yet remained 4% higher than a year earlier.
- Perishable-driven declines led the weekly drop as tomatoes fell 30.11%, onions 12.41%, potatoes 6.92% and chicken 4.46%, with sugar down 3.31%.
- Across 51 tracked essentials in 17 cities, 13 items rose, 15 fell and 23 were unchanged during the week.
- The poorest households saw the biggest weekly relief at 0.96% lower and recorded the lowest annual inflation at 3.31%, while middle-income groups were near 4.2% year over year.
- Over 12 months, sugar rose 37.49% and first-quarter gas charges 29.85%, while potatoes dropped 40.47%, garlic 38.51%, tomatoes 31.51% and onions 29.87%.