Inflation: Index up 0.41% during week
The SPI for combined groups was up by 0.29%; from 203.65 points in the previous week to 203.65 points this week.
ISLAMABAD:
The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), for the week ended September 26 has registered an increase of 0.41% over the previous week for the lowest income group. The SPI for the week under review for the above mentioned group was recorded at 199.45 points against 198.64 points registered in the previous week, according provisional figures released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. The SPI for combined groups was up by 0.29%; from 203.65 points in the previous week to 203.65 points this week. Compared to the corresponding week last year, the SPI for combined groups is up by 8.13%. During the week under review, average prices of indexed items changed as follows: five items registered a decrease, 14 items increased and the prices of the remaining 34 items stayed unchanged.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 28th, 2013.
The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), for the week ended September 26 has registered an increase of 0.41% over the previous week for the lowest income group. The SPI for the week under review for the above mentioned group was recorded at 199.45 points against 198.64 points registered in the previous week, according provisional figures released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. The SPI for combined groups was up by 0.29%; from 203.65 points in the previous week to 203.65 points this week. Compared to the corresponding week last year, the SPI for combined groups is up by 8.13%. During the week under review, average prices of indexed items changed as follows: five items registered a decrease, 14 items increased and the prices of the remaining 34 items stayed unchanged.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 28th, 2013.