Week-on-week: SPI rises 0.27%
During the week, average prices of 16 items rose in a selected basket of goods
ISLAMABAD:
The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended May 19 registered an increase of 0.27% for the combined income group, going up from 214.09 points in the previous week to 214.66 in the week under review. Compared to the corresponding week of last year, the SPI for the combined income group rose 1.44%. The SPI for the lowest income group rose 0.19% compared to the previous week. The index for the group stood at 204.77 points against 204.39 in the previous week, according to provisional figures released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. During the week, average prices of 16 items rose in a selected basket of goods, prices of seven items fell and rates of remaining 30 goods recorded no change.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 21st, 2016.
The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended May 19 registered an increase of 0.27% for the combined income group, going up from 214.09 points in the previous week to 214.66 in the week under review. Compared to the corresponding week of last year, the SPI for the combined income group rose 1.44%. The SPI for the lowest income group rose 0.19% compared to the previous week. The index for the group stood at 204.77 points against 204.39 in the previous week, according to provisional figures released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. During the week, average prices of 16 items rose in a selected basket of goods, prices of seven items fell and rates of remaining 30 goods recorded no change.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 21st, 2016.