Week-On-Week: SPI rises 0.86%
Average prices of 12 items rose in a selected basket of goods
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ISLAMABAD:
The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended August 30, 2017 registered an increase of 0.86% for the combined income group, going up from 219.53 points in the previous week to 221.42 in the week under review.
Compared to the corresponding week of previous year, the SPI for the combined income group rose 1.81%. The SPI for the lowest income group increased 1% compared to the previous week.
Week-On-Week: SPI rises 0.51%
The index for the group stood at 211.91 points against 209.82 in the previous week, according to provisional figures released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
During the week, average prices of 12 items rose in a selected basket of goods, prices of 8 items fell and rates of remaining 33 goods recorded no change.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 1st, 2017.
The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended August 30, 2017 registered an increase of 0.86% for the combined income group, going up from 219.53 points in the previous week to 221.42 in the week under review.
Compared to the corresponding week of previous year, the SPI for the combined income group rose 1.81%. The SPI for the lowest income group increased 1% compared to the previous week.
Week-On-Week: SPI rises 0.51%
The index for the group stood at 211.91 points against 209.82 in the previous week, according to provisional figures released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
During the week, average prices of 12 items rose in a selected basket of goods, prices of 8 items fell and rates of remaining 33 goods recorded no change.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 1st, 2017.