ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based weekly inflation for the week ended on November 25, for the combined consumption group, witnessed decrease of 0.67 percent as compared to the previous week, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported.
The SPI for the week under review in the above mentioned group was recorded at 168.16 points against 169.29 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 15.42 percent on Week-on-Week (WoW) basis.
Likewise the other commodities that witnessed declined in prices included onions (7.43%), chicken (6.62%), sugar (1.87%), wheat flour (0.95%), LPG (0.73%), rice Irri (0.59%) and gur (0.15%).
On Year-on-Year basis, the commodities that witnessed decrease in prices included
onions (37.91%), pulse Moong (28.20%), potatoes (25.82%), tomatoes (11.72%) and sugar (0.57%).
