Inflation: Index up 1.03% during week
Compared to the corresponding week last year, the SPI for combined groups inflated 4.96%.
The SPI for the week under review for the above mentioned group was recorded at 191.78 points against 189.83 points registered in the previous week, according provisional figures from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
The SPI for combined groups was up by 0.99%; up from 195.47 points in the previous week to 197.41 points this week.
Compared to the corresponding week last year, the SPI for combined groups inflated 4.96%.
During the week under review, average prices of indexed items changed as follows: 3 items registered a decrease, 32 items increased and the remaining 18 items’ prices remained unchanged.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 22nd, 2013.
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