Karachi June 9 2023: The SPI for the current week ended on 08th Jun, 2023 increased by 0.21 percent to 39.21 percent on year on year basis, revealed by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
Major increase is observed in the prices of food items, Tomatoes (29.15 percent), Onions (20.85 percent), Chicken (7.01 percent), Potatoes (1.74 percent), Tea Prepared (1.38 percent), Rice Irri-6/9 (1.26 percent), Garlic (1.02 percent) and non-food item, Georgette (1.29 percent).
On the other hand decrease is observed in the prices of Bananas (7.62 percent), LPG (6.60 percent), Eggs (3.41 percent), Pulse Masoor (2.25 percent), Pulse Moong (2.22 percent), Mustard Oil (2.16 percent), Wheat Flour (2.02 percent), Cooking Oil 5 Litre (0.81 percent), Pulse Gram (0.65 percent) and Vegetable Ghee 1 kg (0.33 percent).
During the week, out of 51 items, prices of 21 (41.18 percent) items increased, 10 (19.61 percent) items decreased and 20 (39.21 percent) items remained stable.
The year on year trend depicts increase of 39.26 percent, Cigarettes (138.45 percent), Tea Lipton (114.93 percent), Gas Charges for Q1 (108.38 percent), Wheat Flour (101.85 percent), Gents Sponge Chappal (100.33 percent), Rice Irri-6/9 (79.59 percent), Rice Basmati Broken (79.05 percent), Potatoes (77.65 percent), Bananas (74.68 percent), Chicken (65.53 percent), Bread (59.01 percent), Pulse Moong (56.84 percent), Gents Sandal (53.89 percent) and Pulse Mash (53.02 percent), while decrease is observed in the prices of Tomatoes (29.60 percent) and Onions (15.85 percent).
