Weekly SPI Increases by 0.76 Percent

Sep 16, 2019 (MLN): The Weekly Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the Combined Group increased by 0.76% during the week ended Sep 12, 2019 while the SPI increased by 17.26% compared to the corresponding period from last year.

According to data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) the Combined Index was at 125.25 compared to 124.3 on Sep 05, 2019 while the index was recorded at 106.81 a year ago, on Sep 13, 2018

Out of the 51 monitored items, the average price of 25 items increased, 5 items decreased whereas 21 items registered no change during the week.

The weekly SPI percentage change by income groups showed that SPI increased across all quantiles ranging between 0.69% and 0.89%.

The Lowest Income Group witnessed a weekly increase of 0.87% while the highest income group recorded an increase of 0.69%.

On an yearly basis, analysis of SPI change across different income segments showed that SPI increased across all quantiles ranging between 14.53% and 19.13%.

Yearly SPI for the Lowest Income Group increased by 14.53% while the highest income group recorded an increase of 17.96%.

The average price of Sona urea stood at Rs.1,962 per 50 kg bag which is 4.98% higher than last week’s price and 19.34% higher when compared to last year.

Meanwhile, average Cement price was recorded at Rs.558 per 50 kg bag, which is 1.24% lower than the previous week and 1.93% lower than prices last year.

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