SPI rises 0.46% for the week ended October 19

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended October 19, 2017 registered an increase of 0.46% for the combined income group, going up from 224.20 points in the previous week to 225.23 points in the week under review. Compared to the corresponding week of previous year, the SPI for the combined income group rose 2.21%. The SPI for the lowest income group increased 0.46% compared to the previous week. The index for the group stood at 216.27 points against 215.27 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 9 items fell and rates of remaining 30 goods recorded no change.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 21^st, 2017.

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