The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended December 17, 2020 registered a decrease of 0.22% for the combined income group, going down from 141.04 points during the week ended December 10, 2020 to 140.73 points in the week under review. The SPI for the combined income group rose 8.24% compared to the corresponding week of previous year. The SPI for the lowest income group decreased 0.22% compared to the previous week. The index for the group stood at 146.04 points against 147.46 points in the previous week, according to provisional figures released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). During the week, average prices of 20 items rose in a selected basket of goods, prices of eight items fell and rates of remaining 23 goods recorded no change.
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