Inflation: Index down 0.13% during week

The SPI for combined groups was down by 0.26%.


APP August 23, 2013

ISLAMABAD:


The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), for the week ended August 22 has registered a decrease of 0.13% over the previous week for the lowest income group.


The SPI for the week under review for the above mentioned group was recorded at 199.62 points against 199.87 points registered in the previous week, according provisional figures from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.

The SPI for combined groups was down by 0.26%; down from 204.83 points in the previous week to 204.29 points this week. Compared to the corresponding week last year, the SPI for combined groups inflated 8.38%.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 24th 2013.

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