ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended September 16, 2021 recorded an increase of 1.31 percent with most of the items increased, mainly, electricity charges for Q1 (7.23 percent), diesel (4.37 percent),petrol (4.19 percent), chicken (3.40 percent), eggs (3.10 percent), LPG (2.58 percent), tea Lipton (1.73 percent), cooking oil 5 litre (1.43 percent), and sugar (1.23 percent), says the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).

The year-on-year trend depicts an increase of 14.33 percent with most of the items increased, mainly, electricity for Q1 (57.14 percent), LPG (51.06 percent), vegetable ghee 1kg (40.15 percent), vegetable ghee 2.5kg (38.14 percent), cooking oil 5 liter (38.03 percent), mustard oil (37.59 percent), chicken (36.52 percent), chilies powder (35.71 percent), gents sandal (33.37 percent), eggs (27.60 percent), and gents sponge chappal (25.13 percent), while a major decrease was observed in the prices tomatoes (40.51 percent), potatoes (29.03 percent), and moong (27.24 percent).

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