Inflation rate decreases to 4.53 pc in 2015: PBS

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has said that Pakistan’s average annual inflation rate was 4.53 percent in the fiscal year2015.

Successive downward revisions in POL prices and a stable Pakistani rupee along with subdued global commodity prices were the main reasons behind low inflation. Average inflation was 8.62percent in 2013-14 and 7.36percent in 2012-13.