Islamabad June 24 2022: The SPI for the current week ended on 23rd Jun, 2022 recorded an increase of 1.01%. Increase observed in
the prices of food items,Pulse Gram (8.02%), Onions (5.43%), Pulse Moong (5.21%), Cooking Oil 5 litre (4.60%), Pulse Mash (4.27%), Vegetable Ghee 2.5 Kg (3.97%), Eggs (3.96%), Vegetable Ghee 1 Kg (3.75%), Pulse Masoor (3.71%), Potatoes (2.12%), Wheat Flour (2.08%), Milk Fresh (1.78%) and Beef (1.48%) with joint impact of (1.18%) into the overall SPI for combined group of (1.01%).
On the other hand, decrease observed in the prices of Tomatoes (9.14%), Chicken (6.36%), Bananas (0.68%) and Mustard Oil (0.33%).
During the week, out of 51 items, prices of 32 (62.75%) items increased, 04 (7.84%) items decreased and 15 (29.41%) items remained stable.
The year on year trend depicts an increase of 28.05%, Diesel (132.61%), Onions (128.92%), Petrol (110.16%), Vegetable Ghee 1 Kg (85.74%), Pulse Masoor (81.73%), Mustard Oil (79.59%), Cooking Oil 5 litre (76.91%), Vegetable Ghee 2.5 Kg (73.02%), Tomatoes (72.33%), Garlic (54.03%), Washing Soap (52.73%), Gents Sponge Chappal (52.21%), LPG (49.65%) and Pulse Gram (46.46%),while major decrease observed in the prices of Chillies Powdered (43.42%), Sugar (10.58%), Pulse Moong (10.40%), Electricity charges for Q1 (5.85%) and Gur (1.58%).
