Inflation: Index up 0.13% during the week

The SPI for the combined income group was up by 0.17% during the week under review.


Our Correspondent January 03, 2014

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended January 2 has registered an increase of 0.13% over the previous week for the lowest income group. The SPI for the week under review for the above mentioned group was recorded at 200.26 points against 200.00 recorded in the previous week, according to provisional figures released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. The SPI for the combined income group was up by 0.17% during the week under review, standing at 209.63 points against 209.27 in the previous week. Compared to the corresponding week last year, the SPI for the combined group inflated 10.13%. During the week under review, average prices of 10 items registered a decrease while those of 12 items recorded an increase. Prices of the remaining 31 items remained unchanged.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 4th, 2014.

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