Islamabad November 20 2021: The SPI for the current week ended on 18th November, 2021 recorded an increase of 1.07 percent as per data published by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
Increase in the prices of Chicken (8.26 percent), Cooking Oil 5 litre (4.72 percent), Bananas (4.18 percent), Washing Soap (3.94 percent), Vegetable
Ghee 2.5 kg (3.15 percent), Vegetable Ghee 1 kg (2.38 percent), Rice Irri (1.76 percent), Pulse Moong (1.62 percent), Eggs (1.52 percent), Fire Wood (1.24 percent) and Tea Prepared (1.21 percent), was observed with joint impact of (0.78 percent) into the overall SPI for combined group of (1.07 percent).
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On the other hand, decrease observed in the prices of Tomatoes (5.77 percent), Sugar (4.25 percent), Onions (2.14 percent), Gur (1.48 percent), Potatoes (1.36 percent), Pulse Masoor (0.43 percent), Garlic (0.13 percent), Wheat Flour & LPG (0.08 percent) each and Pulse
Gram (0.02 percent).
During the week, out of 51 items, prices of 27 (52.94 percent) items increased 10 (19.61 percent) items decreased and 14 (27.45 percent) items remained stable.
The year on year trend depicts increase of 18.34 percent, LPG (76.12 percent), Electricity for Q1 (75.32 percent), Vegetable Ghee 1 Kg (56.94 percent), Cooking Oil 5 litre (56.28), Mustard Oil (55.42 percent), Vegetable Ghee 2.5 Kg (52.94 percent), Petrol
(44.35 percent), Diesel (40.21 percent), Washing Soap (37.70 percent) and Chilies Powdered (34.18 percent). while major decrease
observed in the prices of Onions (38.61 percent), Pulse Moong (28.80 percent), Potatoes (26.55 percent), Tomatoes (6.34 percent) and Sugar (3.51 percent).
