Islamabad February 25 2022: The SPI for the current week ended on 24th February, 2022 recorded an increase of 0.51 percent, as per data released by Pakistan Bureau Statistics.
Increase in the prices of food items, Chicken (14.46 percent), Bananas (3.86 percent), Tomatoes (3.63 percent), Mustard Oil (2.96 percent) and Tea Prepared (1.72 percent) is observed with joint impact of (0.61 percent) into the overall SPI for combined group of (0.51 percent).
On the other hand, decrease is observed in the prices of Garlic (5.28 percent), Onions (2.63 percent), Eggs (2.60 percent), Potatoes (2.00 percent), Pulse Moong (0.90 percent), LPG (0.76 percent), Gur (0.75 percent), Pulse Gram (0.27 percent), Pulse Masoor (0.11 percent), Pulse Mash & Firewood (0.02 percent) each.
During the week, out of 51 items, prices of 20 (39.22 percent) items increased, 11 (21.56 percent) items decreased and 20 (39.22 percent) items remained stable.
The year on year trend depicts an increase of 15.90 percent, in Tomatoes (366.42 percent), LPG (57.12 percent), Garlic (51.69 percent), Mustard Oil (50.74 percent), Petrol (42.28 percent), Cooking Oil 5 litre (41.81 percent), Vegetable Ghee 1 Kg (38.36 percent), Vegetable Ghee 2.5 Kg (38.11 percent), Washing Soap (37.78 percent), Pulse Masoor (36.94 percent) and Diesel (32.26 percent), while major decrease observed in the prices of Chillies Powdered (36.30 percent), Pulse Moong (29.33 percent), Sugar (5.36 percent), Onions (4.04 percent), Potatoes (3.71 percent) and Eggs (0.61 percent).
