Week-On-Week: SPI falls 0.23%
The SPI for the group stood at 205.32 points against 205.79 points in the previous week
ISLAMABAD:
The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended August 20 registered a decrease of 0.23% over the previous week for the lowest income group. The SPI for the group stood at 205.32 points against 205.79 points in the previous week, according to provisional figures released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. The SPI for the combined income group fell 0.35% from 214.46 points in the previous week to 213.70 in the week under review. Compared to the corresponding week of last year, the SPI for the combined income group fell 1.44%. During the week, average prices of 12 items fell in a selected basket of goods, prices of 16 items rose and rates of remaining 25 goods recorded no change.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 22nd, 2015.
The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended August 20 registered a decrease of 0.23% over the previous week for the lowest income group. The SPI for the group stood at 205.32 points against 205.79 points in the previous week, according to provisional figures released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. The SPI for the combined income group fell 0.35% from 214.46 points in the previous week to 213.70 in the week under review. Compared to the corresponding week of last year, the SPI for the combined income group fell 1.44%. During the week, average prices of 12 items fell in a selected basket of goods, prices of 16 items rose and rates of remaining 25 goods recorded no change.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 22nd, 2015.