Week-On-Week: SPI rises 0.06%
The SPI for the group stood at 210.03 points against 209.91 in the previous week
ISLAMABAD:
The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended December 10 registered a rise of 0.06% over the previous week for the lowest income group. The SPI for the group stood at 210.03 points against 209.91 in the previous week, according to provisional figures released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. The SPI for the combined income group rose 0.20% from 218.39 points in the previous week to 218.82 in the week under review. Compared to the corresponding week of last year, the SPI for the combined income group rose 3.58%. During the week, average prices of 7 items fell in a selected basket of goods, prices of 19 items rose and rates of remaining 27 goods recorded no change.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 12th, 2015.
The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended December 10 registered a rise of 0.06% over the previous week for the lowest income group. The SPI for the group stood at 210.03 points against 209.91 in the previous week, according to provisional figures released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. The SPI for the combined income group rose 0.20% from 218.39 points in the previous week to 218.82 in the week under review. Compared to the corresponding week of last year, the SPI for the combined income group rose 3.58%. During the week, average prices of 7 items fell in a selected basket of goods, prices of 19 items rose and rates of remaining 27 goods recorded no change.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 12th, 2015.