Islamabad August 11 2024: Pakistan household item prices, measured by the SPI Index, for the current week ended on August 08, 2024 increased by 0.30 percent due to significant increase in prices of Onions.
Major Increase is observed in the prices of Onions (32.23 percent), Eggs (4.28 percent), Garlic (3.23 percent), LPG (1.73 percent), Georgette (1.32 percent), Pulse Mash (0.97 percent), Pulse Gram (0.95 percent), Pulse Moong (0.83 percent), Potatoes (0.70 percent), Firewood (0.56 percent), Chicken (0.52 percent) and Cigarettes (0.09 percent).
According to the data, onions were being sold at PKR 146.1 per kg during the previous week, compared to PKR 110.5 per kg last week and only PKR 60.3 per kg last year
On the other hand, decrease is observed in the prices of Tomatoes (19.12 percent), Bananas (1.55 percent), Wheat Flour (1.39 percent), Chilies Powder (1.31 percent), Pulse Masoor (0.68 percent), Sugar (0.44 percent) and Bread (0.02 percent).
During the week, out of 51 items, prices of 23 (45.10 percent) items increased, 7 (13.72 percent) items decreased and 21 (41.18 percent) items remained stable.
The year on year trend depicts increase of 17.96 percent, Gas Charges for Q1 (570.00 percent), Onions (142.48 percent), Pulse Gram (42.23 percent), Pulse Moong (29.62 percent), Garlic (28.93 percent), Powered Milk (27.68 percent), Gents Sandal (25.01 percent), Shirting (24.96 percent), Beef (23.11 percent), Salt Powder (21.05 percent), Pulse Mash (18.68 percent), Cooked Daal (17.78 percent), Energy Saver (17.21 percent) and Long Cloth (16.64 percent), while major decrease is observed in the prices of Wheat Flour (33.37 percent), Tomatoes (18.09 percent), Electricity Charges for Q1 (16.91 percent), Cooking Oil 5 Litre (12.61 percent), Chilies Powder (11.55 percent), Vegetable Ghee 2.5 Kg (9.79 percent), Vegetable Ghee 1 Kg (7.44 percent), Mustard Oil (5.91 percent), Rice Basmati Broken (5.71 percent), Petrol (1.20 percent), Diesel (0.16 percent) and Washing Soap (0.12 percent).
