Islamabad March 12 2022: The SPI for the current week ended on 10th March, 2022 recorded an increase of 0.52 percent, as per data released by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).
Increase in the prices of food items, Onions (10.86 percent), Chicken (8.75 percent), Bananas (4.49 percent), Potatoes (2.38 percent), Mustard Oil (2.33 percent), Vegetable Ghee 1 Kg (1.96 percent); non-food items, Washing Soap (1.40 percent) and Energy Saver (1.32 percent) is observed with joint impact of (0.66 percent) into the overall SPI for combined group of (0.52 percent).
On the other hand, decrease is observed in the prices of Tomatoes (15.57 percent), Garlic (3.94 percent), Eggs (1.22 percent), Gur (0.98 percent), Sugar (0.73 percent), Pulse Mash (0.64 percent), Pulse Moong (0.39 percent), LPG (0.24 percent) and Wheat Flour (0.22 percent).
During the week, out of 51 items, prices of 20 (39.21 percent) items increased, 09 (17.65 percent) items decreased and 22 (43.14 percent) items remained stable.
The year on year trend depicts an increase of 16.49 percent, Tomatoes (169.79 percent), LPG (74.78 percent), Garlic (62.44 percent), Mustard Oil (56.77 percent), Vegetable Ghee 1 Kg (46.83 percent), Cooking Oil 5 litre (46.00 percent), Vegetable Ghee 2.5 Kg (43.69 percent), Washing Soap (38.87 percent), Pulse Masoor (35.73 percent), Petrol (33.42 percent), Beef (25.50 percent) and Diesel (23.75 percent), while major decrease observed in the prices of Chillies Powdered (36.30 percent), Pulse Moong (30.52 percent), Eggs (18.59 percent), Sugar (10.42 percent) and Potatoes (7.32 percent)
