Inflation: Index rises 0.18% week-on-week

The SPI for the group stood at 207.26 points against 207.19 in the previous week


Our Correspondent November 14, 2014
Inflation: Index rises 0.18% week-on-week

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended November 13 registered an increase of 0.18% over the previous week for the lowest income group. The SPI for the group stood at 207.26 points against 207.19 in the previous week, according to provisional figures released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. The SPI for the combined income group rose 0.26% from 214.13 points in the previous week to 214.68 in the week under review. Compared to the corresponding week of last year, the SPI for the combined income group rose 0.19%. During the week, average prices of 11 items in a selected basket of goods fell, prices of 12 items rose and rates of remaining 30 recorded no change.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 15th, 2014.

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