Week-on-week: SPI rises 0.20%
During the week, average prices of 14 items rose in a selected basket of goods
ISLAMABAD:
The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended June 23 registered an increase of 0.20% for the combined income group, going down from 216.27 points in the previous week to 216.71 in the week under review. Compared to the corresponding week of last year, the SPI for the combined income group rose 1.08%. The SPI for the lowest income group increased 0.17% compared to the previous week. The index for the group stood at 207.02 points against 206.67 in the previous week, according to provisional figures released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. During the week, average prices of 14 items rose in a selected basket of goods, prices of seven items fell and rates of remaining 32 goods recorded no change.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 25th, 2016.
The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended June 23 registered an increase of 0.20% for the combined income group, going down from 216.27 points in the previous week to 216.71 in the week under review. Compared to the corresponding week of last year, the SPI for the combined income group rose 1.08%. The SPI for the lowest income group increased 0.17% compared to the previous week. The index for the group stood at 207.02 points against 206.67 in the previous week, according to provisional figures released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. During the week, average prices of 14 items rose in a selected basket of goods, prices of seven items fell and rates of remaining 32 goods recorded no change.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 25th, 2016.