The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based weekly inflation for the week ended on September 30, 2021 for the combined consumption group witnessed a decrease of 0.10 percent, second in a row, as com-pared to the previous week, while it went 12.97 percent up on a year-on-year (YoY) basis.
According to data released by the Pakistan Bu-reau of Statistics (PBS) on Friday, the combined index was at 157.04 on September 30, 2021 as com-pared to 157.19 on September 23, 2021 while the index was recorded at 139.01 a year ago on October 01, 2020. The SPI is computed on a weekly basis to assess the price movements of essential commodities at a shorter interval of time so as to review the price situation in the country.—TLTP
