SPI increases 1.03%

Compared to the corresponding week of previous year, the SPI for the combined income group rose 4.36%


Our Correspondent June 23, 2018
During the week, average prices of 20 items rose in a selected basket of goods, prices of four items fell and rates of remaining 29 goods recorded no change. PHOTO: AFP

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended June 21, 2018 registered an increase of 1.03% for the combined income group, going up from 227.74 points in the previous week to 230.09 in the week under review. Compared to the corresponding week of previous year, the SPI for the combined income group rose 4.36%. The SPI for the lowest income group increased 1.48% compared to the previous week. The index for the group stood at 216.31 points against 213.16 in the previous week, according to provisional figures released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. During the week, average prices of 20 items rose in a selected basket of goods, prices of four items fell and rates of remaining 29 goods recorded no change.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 23rd, 2018.

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