Week-On-Week: SPI falls 0.02%
prices of 10 items rose and rates of remaining 35 goods recorded no change
ISLAMABAD:
The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended July 23 registered a decrease of 0.02% over the previous week for the lowest income group. The SPI for the group stood at 206.04 points against 206.09 points in the previous week, according to provisional figures released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. The SPI for the combined income group fell 0.08% from 215.09 points in the previous week to 215.26 in the week under review. Compared to the corresponding week of last year, the SPI for the combined income group fell 0.36%. During the week, average prices of eight items fell in a selected basket of goods, prices of 10 items rose and rates of remaining 35 goods recorded no change.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 25th, 2015.
The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended July 23 registered a decrease of 0.02% over the previous week for the lowest income group. The SPI for the group stood at 206.04 points against 206.09 points in the previous week, according to provisional figures released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. The SPI for the combined income group fell 0.08% from 215.09 points in the previous week to 215.26 in the week under review. Compared to the corresponding week of last year, the SPI for the combined income group fell 0.36%. During the week, average prices of eight items fell in a selected basket of goods, prices of 10 items rose and rates of remaining 35 goods recorded no change.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 25th, 2015.