Islamabad October 15 2022: The SPI for the current week ended on 13th October, 2022 recorded a decrease of 0.57%, according to data published by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
Major decrease is observed in the prices of food items, Tomatoes (13.51%), Eggs (2.12%), Pulse Masoor (2.07%), Onions (1.57%), Pulse Gram (1.39%) and Bananas (1.36%), non-food item, LPG (2.76%).
On the other hand increase observed in the prices of Match Box (5.65%), Powdered Milk (3.82%), Firewood (2.09%), Bread Plain (2.05%), Potatoes (1.78%), Cooked Beef (1.47%) and Tea Lipton (1.24%).
During the week, out of 51 items, prices of 17 (33.34%) items decreased, 18 (35.29%) items increased and 16 (31.37%) items remained stable.
The year on year trend depicts an increase of 28.44%, Tomatoes (194.26%), Onions (167.89%), Diesel (92.08%), Petrol (76.07%), Pulse Gram (69.25%), Pulse Masoor (62.19%), Cooking Oil 5 litre (60.14%), Washing Soap (58.03%), Mustard Oil (56.53%), Vegetable Ghee 2.5 Kg (56.30%), Pulse Mash (55.61%), Pulse Moong (53.72%) and Vegetable Ghee 1 Kg (53.59%), while decrease observed in the prices of Electricity for Q1 (45.61%), Chillies Powder (42.08%), Sugar (12.79%) and Gur (3.59%).
