Week-On-Week: SPI falls 0.27%

The index for the group stood at 214.51 points against 213.01 in the previous week


Our Correspondent September 23, 2017
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ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended September 21, 2017 registered an increase of 0.61% for the combined income group, going up from 222.11 points in the previous week to 223.47 in the week under review. Compared to the corresponding week of previous year, the SPI for the combined income group rose 2.16%. The SPI for the lowest income group increased 0.70% compared to the previous week. The index for the group stood at 214.51 points against 213.01 in the previous week, according to provisional figures released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. During the week, average prices of 9 items rose in a selected basket of goods, prices of 14 items fell and rates of remaining 30 goods recorded no change.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 23rd, 2017.

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