ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended April 28 registered a fall of 0.39% for the combined income group from 215.74 points in the previous week to 214.90 in the week under review. Compared to the corresponding week of last year, the SPI for the combined income group rose 3.13%. The SPI for the lowest income group decreased 0.41% compared to the previous week. The SPI for the group stood at 205.42 points against 206.27 in the previous week, according to provisional figures released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. During the week, average prices of 13 items rose in a selected basket of goods, prices of 11 items fell and rates of remaining 29 goods recorded no change.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 30th, 2016.
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