The share of increasing/decreasing items is the share of items for which price indices increased/decreased from a year earlier. Based on Bank staff calculations using the CPI (less fresh food) excluding the effects of the consumption tax hikes, free education policies, and travel subsidy programs.
BIS Review 56/2008  1  While grappling with domestic shocks, Pakistan, like other developing countries, is dealing with the impact of unprecedented hike in global commodity prices which have induced fresh vulnerabilities in the balance of payments and fiscal deficit segments of the economy.