Inflation: SPI down 0.39% during week
The SPI for the combined income group fell 0.22% during the week under review.
ISLAMABAD:
The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended December 26 has registered a decline of 0.39% over the previous week for the lowest income group. The SPI reading stood at 200 points against 200.78 recorded in the previous week, according to provisional figures released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. The SPI for the combined income group fell 0.22% during the week under review, standing at 209.27 points against 209.74 in the previous week. Compared to the corresponding week of last year, the SPI for the combined group rose 10.71%. During the week, average prices of 16 items decreased while those of eight items increased. Prices of the remaining 29 items stood unchanged.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 28th, 2013.
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