Pakistan’s Weekly SPI decreases by 0.03%

Pakistan Bureau of Statistics today released the Sensitivity Price Index numbers for the outgoing week. Despite a sharp rise in the energy prices around the world and therefore in Pakistan, the SPI fell at a steady pace during the month of January.

According to figures released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, weekly SPI for the combined group decreased by 0.03% compared to the previous week (Feb 01, 2018), meanwhile registering an increase of 1.66% compared to the corresponding period (Feb 09, 2017) last year.

The items, which registered a increase in prices included Bananas, Tomatoes, Chicken, Garlic, Gur, Beef, Vegetable Ghee and Mutton.

The items, which registered a decrease in prices included onions, eggs, pulses, LPG, pulse gram, potatoes, pulse masoor, soap, wheat flour, sugar, pulse moong and cooking oil.

The items with no change in their average prices during the week under review included wheat, rice basmati, plain bread, milk, curd, powdered milk, mustard oil, salt, tea etc.