Inflation: Index up 0.24% during week

The SPI for combined groups was up by 0.09%; from 204.06 points in the previous week to 204.24 points this week.

ISLAMABAD:
The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), for the week ended October 10 has registered an increase of 0.24% over the previous week for the lowest income group. The SPI for the week under review for the above mentioned group was recorded at 200.05 points against 199.57 points registered in the previous week, according provisional figures released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. The SPI for combined groups was up by 0.09%; from 204.06 points in the previous week to 204.24 points this week. Compared to the corresponding week last year, the SPI for combined groups swelled by 9.06%. During the week under review, average prices of indexed items changed as follows: nine items registered a decrease, 19 items increased and the prices of the remaining 25 items stayed unchanged.


Published in The Express Tribune, October 12th, 2013.

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