ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s November CPI is expected to decline marginally and may remain in the range of 23%-25%, the country’s finance ministry said in its monthly outlook on Tuesday.
The South Asian country’s expenditure grew 26% in the first quarter of the financial year, the ministry said, adding that its fiscal deficit reached 1% of GDP in the same period.
(Reporting Asif Shahzad in Islamabad; Writing by Shilpa Jamkhandikar; Editing by Alison Williams)