SPI decreases 1.47% 

The index for the group stood at 208.13 points against 212.48 in the previous week


Our Correspondent May 26, 2018
PHOTO: EXPRESS

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended May 24, 2018 registered a decrease of 1.47% for the combined income group, going down from 226.56 points in the previous week to 223.23 in the week under review. Compared to the corresponding week of previous year, the SPI for the combined income group rose 1.03%.

The SPI for the lowest income group decreased 2.05% compared to the previous week. The index for the group stood at 208.13 points against 212.48 in the previous week, according to provisional figures released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. During the week, average prices of eight items rose in a selected basket of goods, prices of 13 items fell and rates of remaining 32 goods recorded no change.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 26th, 2018.

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