Islamabad July 29 2022: The SPI for the current week ended on 28th July, 2022 recorded an increase of 3.68%, revealed by Pakistan Bereau of Statistics on Friday.
The year on year trend depicts an increase of 37.67%, Diesel (101.53%), Pulse Masoor (99.14%), Petrol (94.15%), Chicken (75.65%), Cooking Oil 5 litre (74.81%), Vegetable Ghee 1 Kg (72.90%), Mustard Oil (72.45%), Vegetable Ghee 2.5 Kg (70.51%), Onions (64.18%), Washing Soap (62.46%), Pulse Gram (55.28%), Electricity for Q1 (52.61%), Gents Sponge Chappal (52.21%), Garlic (45.18%) and Pulse Mash (38.35%),while a decrease observed in the prices of Chillies Powder (43.42%), Sugar (16.48%), and Gur (3.28%)
During the week, increase observed in the prices of food items,Tomatoes (17.53%), Pulse Masoor (4.18%), Pulse Mash (2.87%), Pulse Gram (2.46%), Pulse Moong (2.02%), Vegetable Ghee 2.5 Kg (1.80%), Garlic (1.69%) and Rice Basmati Broken (1.21%), non-food items Electricity for Q1 (26.11%), LPG (7.02%), Washing Soap (2.34%) and Energy Saver (1.03%), with joint impact of (4.17%) into the overall SPI for combined group of (3.68%).
On the other hand, during the week a decrease observed in the prices of Onions (10.84%), Chicken (9.47%), Bananas (4.24%), Wheat Flour (2.55%), Mustard Oil (1.50%), Vegetable Ghee 1 Kg (0.46%) and Eggs (0.36%).
During the week, out of 51 items, prices of 30 (58.82%) items increased, 07 (13.73%) items decreased and 14 (27.45%) items remained stable.
