ISLAMABAD, March 5: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended on March 3 for the lowest
income group up to Rs3,000, registered an increase of 0.16 per cent over the previous week.
The SPI for the week under review in the above mentioned group was recorded at 297.61 points as against
297.14 points registered in the previous week, according provisional figures of Federal Bureau of Statistics
(FBS).
SPI for the combined group registered an increase of 0.80 per cent as it went up from 282.62 points in the
previous week to 284.88 points in the week under review. As compared to the corresponding week of last
year, the SPI for the combined group in the week under review witnessed an increase of 16.73 per cent. As
compared to the last week, the SPI for the income groups from Rs3001-5000, Rs5001-12000 and above
Rs12000 increased by 0.19 per cent, 0.34 per cent and 1.28 per cent respectively.
