Islamabad January 14 2022: The SPI for the current week ended on 13th January, 2022 recorded a decrease of 0.43%, according to data published by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
Decrease in the prices of food items Chicken (3.40%), Eggs (2.99%), Potatoes (1.65%), Tomatoes (1.26%), Wheat Flour (0.61%), Garlic (0.47%), Sugar (0.17%) and Curd (0.16%) and non-food item, LPG (1.15%) was observed with joint impact of (-0.38%) into the overall SPI for combined group of (-0.43%).
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On the other hand, increase is observed in the prices of Onions (14.65%), Bananas (1.51%), Firewood (1.30%)
and Match Box (1.14%).
During the week, out of 51 items, prices of 16 (31.37%) items increased, 09 (17.65%) items decreased and 26 (50.98%) items remained stable.
The year on year trend depicts increase of 19.82%, in Electricity for Q1 (84.86%), Cooking Oil 5 litre (53.49%),
Gents Sponge Chappal (50.25%), LPG (50.18%), Vegetable Ghee 2.5 Kg (49.68%), Vegetable Ghee 1 Kg (49.34%), Washing Soap & Mustard Oil (45.85%) each, Gents Sandal (44.49%), Pulse Masoor (39.14%), Petrol
(36.13%) and Diesel (28.07%),while major decrease observed in the prices of Tomatoes (40.82%), Pulse Moong
(25.37%), Chillies Powdered (6.71%) and Sugar (0.40%).
