ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based weekly inflation for the week ended on December 9, for the combined consumption group, witnessed a slight decrease of 0.07 percent as compared to the previous week, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) said.
The SPI for the week under review in the above mentioned group was recorded at 167.24 points against 167.36 points registered in the previous week, according to the PBS data.
The food commodities that contributed in decline in weekly inflation included tomatoes, the prices of which decreased by 13.37 percent on Week-on-Week (WoW) basis.
Other food commodities that witnessed decline in prices included chicken (10.59%), potatoes (4.48%), LPG (2.96%), sugar (1.03%), gur (0.51%), wheat flour (0.46%), mustard oil (0.27%) and eggs (0.26%).