(A) 42.56%
(B) 43.25%
(C) 44.89%
(D) 48.70%
Correct Option is: B
According to official figures released on December 29, 2023, the annual short-term inflation rate increased marginally to 43.25 percent in the week ending on December 28, mostly due to a sharp rise in gas prices. According to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, the weekly inflation rate was above 41 percent for the sixth consecutive week with the most recent data. Gas (1,109%), cigarettes (93%), chilli powder (81.7%), wheat flour (73.8%), garlic (70.7%), tomatoes (65.3%), IRRI-6/9 and broken basmati rice (58.5%), men’s sponge chappal (58%), and sugar (54.3%) were the products whose costs climbed the highest on an annual basis.