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ISLAMABAD: Consumer prices influenced by faster rupee depreciation and rising energy prices last month increased to their highest level in three months, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) data showed on Friday. Inflation measured by Consumer Price Index surged to nine per cent in September from 8.4pc in August, the period when global oil prices kept on rising steadily, undermining …

ISLAMABAD: Inflation went up to nine per cent in September, from 8.2pc in August, on the back of a hefty jump in prices of food products, shows the data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Friday. The new fiscal year started with 9.3pc inflation in July, which eased to 8.2pc in August. However, it rebou­nded in September …