Islamabad May 20 2022: The SPI for the current week ended on 19th May, 2022 recorded an increase of 1.42%, data released by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics on Friday.
Increase observed in the prices of food items Chicken (9.03%), Pulse Masoor (6.30%), Eggs (4.24%), Wheat Flour (3.99%), Pulse Gram (3.86%), Rice Basmati Broken (3.11%), Mustard Oil (2.99%), Rice Irri-6/9 (2.67%), Pulse Mash (1.86%), Curd (1.68%), Onions (1.38%) and Milk fresh (1.18%), non-food items Energy Saver (4.37%) and Long Cloth 57″ (1.97%) with joint impact of (1.14%) into the overall SPI for combined group of (1.42%).
On the other hand, decrease observed in the prices of Bananas (2.97%), Tomatoes (0.20%), Potatoes (0.11%) and Gur (0.07%).
During the week, out of 51 items, prices of 33 (64.71%) items increased, 04 (7.84%) items decreased and 14 (27.45%) items remained stable.
The year on year trend depicts an increase of 16.54%, Tomatoes (171.18%), Onions (147.18%), LPG (99.65%), Garlic (81.51%), Pulse Masoor (61.69%), Mustard Oil (61.05%), Cooking Oil 5 litre (60.43%), Vegetable Ghee 2.5 Kg (59.80%), Vegetable Ghee 1 Kg (59.09%), Washing Soap (39.96%), Petrol (37.42%) and Diesel (29.63%), while major decrease observed in the prices of Chillies Powdered (39.50%), Bananas (25.21%), Pulse Moong (24.40%), Potatoes (20.78%), Sugar (14.13%) and Electricity charges for Q1 (11.71%).
