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SPI decreases 0.14%

SPI for the lowest income group decreased 0.21% compared to the previous week

Our Correspondent October 20, 2018 Less than a minute read

SPI for the lowest income group decreased 0.21% compared to the previous week. PHOTO: FILE

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended October 18, 2018 registered a decrease of 0.14% for the combined income group, going down from 238.82 points in the prior week to 238.49 in the week under review. However, the SPI for the combined income group rose 5.89% compared to the corresponding week of previous year. The SPI for the lowest income group decreased 0.21% compared to the previous week. The index for the group stood at 219.33 points against 219.79 in the previous week, according to provisional figures released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 20^th, 2018.

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