ISLAMABAD: Weekly inflation for combined income group, measured through the Sensitive Price Index (SPI), witnessed a slight increase of 0.30 per cent for the week ending March 5 as compared to the previous week, suggested Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) data on Friday.

SPI monitors prices of 53 items based on the survey of markets in 17 cities.

The impact of prices on various income groups also witnessed variations during the week under review.

Read: Pakistan inflation falls to 3.24 per cent in February on year

For the lowest income group earning up to Rs8,000, the SPI witnessed an increase of 0.24pc over the previous week, while inflation for the top income group (Rs35,000 and above) was up by 0.33pc.

However, as compared to the corresponding week of last year, the SPI for the combined group in the week under review witnessed a decline of 2.26pc.

As per the statistics, the food items which registered increase in their prices are tomatoes 18.21pc; chicken 6.74pc; bananas 3.86pc; onions 2.07pc; mustard oil 0.42pc; wheat 0.38pc; mash (pulse) 0.35pc; powdered milk 0.17pc and sugar 0.11pc.

Published in Dawn March 7th , 2015

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