ISLAMABAD: The price of essential items in Pakistan surged by 37.67 per cent year on year (YoY) week ended July 28, 2022.
The SPI for the current week ended on 28th July, 2022 recorded an increase of 3.68 per cent. Increase observed in the prices of food items,Tomatoes (17.53 per cent), Pulse Masoor (4.18 per cent), Pulse Mash (2.87 per cent), Pulse Gram (2.46 per cent), Pulse Moong (2.02 per cent), Vegetable Ghee 2.5 Kg (1.80 per cent), Garlic (1.69 per cent) and Rice Basmati Broken (1.21 per cent), non-food items Electricity for Q1 (26.11 per cent), LPG (7.02 per cent), Washing Soap (2.34 per cent) and Energy Saver (1.03 per cent), with joint impact of (4.17 per cent) into the overall SPI for combined group of (3.68 per cent).
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On the other hand, a decrease observed in the prices of Onions (10.84 per cent), Chicken (9.47 per cent), Bananas (4.24 per cent), Wheat Flour (2.55 per cent), Mustard Oil (1.50 per cent), Vegetable Ghee 1 Kg (0.46 per cent) and Eggs (0.36 per cent).
During the week, out of 51 items, prices of 30 (58.82 per cent) items increased, 07 (13.73 per cent) items decreased and (27.45 per cent) items remained stable.
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The year on year trend depicts an increase of 37.67 per cent, Diesel (101.53 per cent), Pulse Masoor (99.14 per cent), Petrol (94.15 per cent), Chicken (75.65 per cent), Cooking Oil 5 litre (74.81 per cent), Vegetable Ghee 1 Kg (72.90 per cent), Mustard Oil (72.45 per cent), Vegetable Ghee 2.5 Kg (70.51 per cent), Onions (64.18 per cent), Washing Soap (62.46 per cent), Pulse Gram (55.28 per cent), Electricity for Q1 (52.61 per cent), Gents Sponge Chappal (52.21 per cent), Garlic (45.18 per cent) and Pulse Mash (38.35 per cent), while a decrease observed in the prices of Chillies Powder (43.42 per cent), Sugar (16.48 per cent), and Gur (3.28 per cent).
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