Week-on-week: SPI rises 0.90%
The index for the group stood at 210.24 points against 207.80 in the previous week
ISLAMABAD:
The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended July 14 registered an increase of 0.90% for the combined income group, going up from 217.46 points in the previous week to 219.41 in the week under review. Compared to the corresponding week of last year, the SPI for the combined income group rose 2.01%. The SPI for the lowest income group increased 0.17% compared to the previous week. The index for the group stood at 210.24 points against 207.80 in the previous week, according to provisional figures released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. During the week, average prices of 20 items rose in a selected basket of goods, prices of five items fell and rates of remaining 28 goods recorded no change.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 16th, 2016.
The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended July 14 registered an increase of 0.90% for the combined income group, going up from 217.46 points in the previous week to 219.41 in the week under review. Compared to the corresponding week of last year, the SPI for the combined income group rose 2.01%. The SPI for the lowest income group increased 0.17% compared to the previous week. The index for the group stood at 210.24 points against 207.80 in the previous week, according to provisional figures released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. During the week, average prices of 20 items rose in a selected basket of goods, prices of five items fell and rates of remaining 28 goods recorded no change.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 16th, 2016.