Islamabad May 13 2022: The SPI for the current week ended on 12th May, 2022 recorded an increase of 0.49%, according to data published by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics on Friday.
Increase observed in the prices of food items Wheat Flour (41.78%), Chicken (12.13%), Potatoes (7.04%), Eggs (5.08%), Pulse Masoor (4.79%), Onions (4.74%), Pulse Gram (2.29%), Pulse Mash (2.05%), Mustard Oil (1.97%), Mutton (1.64%), and Tea Prepared (1.16%), non-food items, Cigarettes (2.62%) and Match Box (1.31%) with joint impact of (1.96%) into the overall SPI for combined group of (0.49%).
On the other hand, decrease observed in the prices of Tomatoes (12.01%), Electricity for Q1 (10.66%), Bananas (5.87%), Firewood (0.43%), Sugar (0.15%) and LPG (0.11%).
During the week, out of 51 items, prices of 28 (54.90%) items increased, 06 (11.77%) items decreased and 17 (33.33%) items remained stable.
The year on year trend depicts an increase of 15.85%, Onions (160.81%), Tomatoes (122.92%), LPG (97.34%), Garlic (83.51%), Cooking Oil 5 litre (59.78%), Vegetable Ghee 2.5 Kg (59.46%), Vegetable Ghee 1 Kg (58.43%), Mustard Oil (58.27%), Pulse Masoor (52.01%), Washing Soap (39.79%), Petrol (37.42%) and Diesel (29.63%), while major decrease observed in the prices of Chillies Powdered (39.50%), Pulse Moong (25.81%), Potatoes (20.71%), Electricity charges for Q1 (14.56%), Bananas (14.24%) and Sugar (11.80%).
