Islamabad April 23 2022: The SPI for the current week ended on 21st April, 2022 recorded a decrease of 1.28 percent as per data published by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
During the previous week, SPI recorded a decrease of 0.68 percent as out of 51 items, prices of 10 (19.61 percent) items decreased and 24 (47.06%) items remained stable.
Decrease observed in the prices of food items Tomatoes (44.41 percent), Wheat Flour (8.16 percent), Bananas (2.54 percent), Potatoes (2.24 percent), sugar (0.82), Garlic (0.77 percent), Pulse Moong (0.51 percent), Gur (0.34 percent) and non-food items, Electricity Charges for Q1 (5.44 percent) and LPG (0.22 percent) with joint impact of (-1.73 percent) into the overall SPI for combined group of (-1.28 percent).
On the other hand, increase observed in the prices of of Onions (10.24 percent), Chicken (1.82 percent), Salt Powdered (1.70 percent) and Eggs (1.65 percent).
During the week, out of 51 items, prices of 19 (37.25 percent) items increased, 10 (19.61 percent) items decreased and 22 (43.14 percent) items remained stable.
The year on year trend depicts an increase of 15.42 percent, Onions (101.18 percent), Garlic (80.93 percent), LPG (80.45 percent), Cooking Oil 5 litre (58.14 percent), Vegetable Ghee 2.5 Kg (57.72 percent), Vegetable Ghee 1 Kg (56.45 percent), Mustard Oil (56.29 percent), Tomatoes (47.41 percent), Pulse Masoor (42.99 percent), Washing Soap (39.33 percent), Petrol (37.42 percent) and Diesel (29.63 percent), while major decrease observed in the prices of Chillies Powdered (39.50 percent), Pulse Moong (27.20 percent), Potatoes (25.55 percent), Eggs (13.80 percent), Sugar (9.32 percent) and Electricity charges for Q1 (4.37 percent).
