Week-on-week: SPI falls 0.33%
Average prices of nine items rose in a selected basket of goods, prices of 13 items fell
ISLAMABAD:
The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended September 01 registered a fall of 0.33% for the combined income group, going down from 218.20 points in the previous week to 217.49 in the week under review. Compared to the corresponding week of last year, the SPI for the combined income group rose 1.55%. The SPI for the lowest income group also decreased 0.29% compared to the previous week. The index for the group stood at 208.97 points against 209.58 in the previous week, according to provisional figures released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. During the week, average prices of nine items rose in a selected basket of goods, prices of 13 items fell and rates of remaining 31 goods recorded no change.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 3rd, 2016.
The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended September 01 registered a fall of 0.33% for the combined income group, going down from 218.20 points in the previous week to 217.49 in the week under review. Compared to the corresponding week of last year, the SPI for the combined income group rose 1.55%. The SPI for the lowest income group also decreased 0.29% compared to the previous week. The index for the group stood at 208.97 points against 209.58 in the previous week, according to provisional figures released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. During the week, average prices of nine items rose in a selected basket of goods, prices of 13 items fell and rates of remaining 31 goods recorded no change.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 3rd, 2016.