Week-On-Week: SPI falls 0.20%
The SPI for the lowest income group decreased 0.24%
PHOTO: PAKISTAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS
ISLAMABAD:
The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended July 13, 2017 registered a decrease of 0.20% for the combined income group, going down from 219.9 points in the previous week to 219.45 in the week under review. Compared to the corresponding week of the previous year, the SPI for the combined income group rose 0.02%. The SPI for the lowest income group decreased 0.24% compared to the previous week. The index for the group stood at 208.84 points against 209.35 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 sixteen items fell and rates of remaining 23 goods recorded no change.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 15th, 2017.
The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended July 13, 2017 registered a decrease of 0.20% for the combined income group, going down from 219.9 points in the previous week to 219.45 in the week under review. Compared to the corresponding week of the previous year, the SPI for the combined income group rose 0.02%. The SPI for the lowest income group decreased 0.24% compared to the previous week. The index for the group stood at 208.84 points against 209.35 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 sixteen items fell and rates of remaining 23 goods recorded no change.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 15th, 2017.