A man sells lentils at a wholesale grocery market in Karachi, Pakistan, 01 February 2023. Consumer prices rose by 27.55 percent on a year-on-year, according to data released by the statistics department on 01 February. A 100-basis-point increase in the key policy rate (benchmark interest rate) was also announced by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on 23 January 2023. (Photo by Shahzaib Akber/EPA/EFE)
