Inflation: Index up 0.53% during the week

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended February 20 has registered an increase of 0.53% over the previous week for the lowest income group. The SPI for the week under review for the above mentioned group was recorded at 199.71 points against 198.66 recorded in the previous week, according to provisional figures released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. The SPI for the combined income group registered an increase by 0.61% during the week under review, standing at 208.85 points against 207.59 in the previous week. Compared to the corresponding week last year, the SPI for the combined group inflated 9.34%. During the week under review, average prices of 4 items registered a decrease while those of 18 items recorded an increase. Prices of the remaining 31 items remained unchanged.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 22^nd, 2014.

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