Islamabad June 3 2022: The SPI for the current week ended on 02nd Jun, 2022 recorded an increase of 20.04%, as per data published by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics on Friday.
Increase observed in Onions (177.62%), Tomatoes (152.57%), Mustard Oil (70.50%), Vegetable Ghee 1 Kg (68.02%), Garlic (67.44%), Pulse Masoor (66.92%), Petrol (64.78%), Cooking Oil 5 litre (64.72%), Vegetable Ghee 2.5 Kg (62.43%), LPG (60.14%), Diesel (56.45%) and Washing Soap (42.92%), while major decrease observed in the prices of Chillies Powdered (43.42%), Pulse Moong (21.62%), Electricity charges for Q1 (11.71%), Sugar (11.16%), Bananas (9.95%), Potatoes (6.89%) and Gur (1.46%)
The SPI for the current week ended on 02nd Jun, 2022 recorded an increase of 2.00%. Increase observed in the prices of food items Potatoes (9.08%), Eggs (6.38%), Vegetable Ghee 1 kg (4.59%), Bread (2.72%), Mustard Oil (2.65%), Pulse Masoor (2.33%), Cooking Oil 5 litre (2.18%), Pulse Gram (1.99%), Sugar (1.93%), Cooked Beef & Pulse Mash (1.69%) each, Vegetable Ghee 2.5 kg (1.51%) and Bananas (1.35%), non-food items Hi-Speed Diesel (20.69%), Petrol Super(19.91%) and Toilet Soap (1.40%) with joint impact of (2.09%) into the overall SPI for combined group of (2.00%).
On the other hand, decrease observed in the prices of Chicken (4.68% ), Garlic (2.75%), Wheat Flour (1.91%), Tomatoes (1.26%) and LPG (0.74%).
During the week, out of 51 items, prices of 28 (54.90%) items increased, 05 (9.81%) items decreased and 18 (35.29%) items remained stable.
