The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended June 2 registered an increase of 0.48% for the combined income group, going up from 214.35 points in the previous week to 215.37 in the week under review. Compared to the corresponding week of last year, the SPI for the combined income group rose 1.16%. The SPI for the lowest income group increased 0.48% compared to the previous week. The index for the group stood at 205.53 points against 204.54 in the previous week, according to provisional figures released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. During the week, average prices of 17 items rose in a selected basket of goods, prices of eight items fell and rates of remaining 28 goods recorded no change.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 5th, 2016.
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