IslamabadPakistan’s inflation stayed at 10.26% in September, bureau data show.
The Middle East conflict kept energy costs high and disrupted Gulf supplies.
South Korea held inflation to 2.9%, its finance ministry says, by capping domestic petroleum prices.
Even in Seoul, petroleum products rose 11.8% and diesel 20.0% from a year earlier.
Pakistan’s central bank faces a complicated outlook while Gulf supplies stay disrupted.
How each outlet framed it
- Bloomberg Business
- Reuters
- attributes South Korean slowdown to active policy (petroleum caps) and seasonal agricultural relief ahead of Chuseok holiday
Sources: Bloomberg Business, Reuters