990401

GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN

STATISTICS DIVISION

FEDERAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS

SUBJECT: SENSITIVE PRICE INDICATOR (SPI) FOR THE WEEKENDED MAR. 06, 1999

The data regarding price movements for the weekended March 06, 1999 for 47 essential items in 12 major urban centres is given below:

2. The SPI, measured as a percentage change over corresponding week of last year, is 6.30 percent.

% Change over % Change during

SPI for SPI for last year week

week previous previous corresp. (Mar. 11, 98) as

Occupational ended week week i.e. week last compared to cor-

Group March February February year i.e. responding week

06, 99 27, 99 27, 99 Mar. 11, 98 (Mar. 12, 97)

INDUSTRIAL 224.65 224.69 -0.02 6.48 7.03

COMMERCIAL 227.98 228.10 -0.05 6.36 7.15

GOVERNMENT 224.46 224.54 -0.04 6.16 7.29

ALL CATEGORIES 224.64 224.71 -0.03 6.30 7.17

3. The trend of weekly SPI during last 10 weeks as compared to the same period in the previous year is given below:

Current Year Weeks Last Year Weeks

Week SPI % Change over Week SPI % Change over

ended ended

previous corresp. previous corresp.

week week week week

02/01 223.12 -0.65 6.25 07/01 210.00 -0.03 7.35

09/01 223.08 -0.02 6.53 14/01 209.41 -0.28 5.85

16/01 223.57 0.22 6.84 21/01 209.25 -0.08 5.41

23/01 224.79 0.55 6.90 27/01 210.28 0.49 5.66

30/01 224.48 -0.14 6.70 04/02 210.38 0.05 5.16

06/02 224.75 0.12 6.91 11/02 210.23 -0.07 4.63

13/02 225.40 0.29 7.15 18/02 210.36 0.06 4.52

20/02 225.23 -0.08 7.03 25/02 210.43 0.03 5.42

27/02 224.71 -0.23 6.41 04/03 211.18 0.36 6.79

06/03 224.64 -0.03 6.30 11/03 211.32 0.07 7.17

4. The cumulative comparative % changes for the current and the previous years in respect of Sensitive Price Indicator and Kitchen Items Index since 1st week of July are as under:-

1996-97 1997-98 1998-99

Sensitive Price Indicator 8.17 2.75 2.79

Kitchen Items Index 8.00 2.86 2.57

5. The comparative changes in prices for the weekended on 06.03.99 over previous weekended on 27.02.99 are as follows:-

i. Average prices of the following 11 items registered DECREASE.

Item Unit Prices in Rs. on week ended % Change

over

27.02.99 06.03.99 Prev. week

Eggs Doz. 24.04 21.49 10.6

Garlic Kg. 43.77 42.61 2.7

Gram pulse Kg. 22.62 22.14 2.1

Mustard oil Kg. 69.81 68.71 1.6

Tomatoes Kg. 27.96 27.61 1.3

Chicken farm Kg. 61.54 60.83 1.2

Gur Kg. 16.83 16.75 0.5

Moong pulse Kg. 32.77 32.69 0.2

Veg. ghee (loose) Kg. 54.23 54.11 0.2

Rice basmati (broken) Kg. 14.59 14.56 0.2

Sugar Kg. 18.98 18.96 0.1

ii. Average prices of the following 4 items registered INCREASE.

Item Unit Prices in Rs. on week ended % Change

over

27.02.99 06.03.99 Prev. week

Onions Kg. 10.43 11.24 7.8

Potatoes Kg. 5.74 5.86 2.1

Bananas Doz. 22.22 22.32 0.5

Mash pulse Kg. 31.24 31.33 0.3

iii. Average prices of the following 32 items remained UNCHANGED.

Wheat Cooking oil (Habib) Shirting

Wheat flour Salt Sandal Peshawari (Bata)

Rice irri-6 Red chillies Sandal ladies (Bata)

Masoor pulse Tea packet Chappal spounge (Bata)

Beef with bone Tea (prepared) Kerosene oil

Mutton Cooked beef (plate) Firewood

Bread (plain) Cooked dal (plate) Elect. bulb. (60-Watt)

Milk fresh Cigarettes (K-2) Match box

Milk powdered (Nido) Latha (coarse) Washing soap

Curd Lawn Bath soap

Vegetable ghee (Tin) Voil

6. Prices of 47 SPI items in 12 major urban centres are given at Annex-I.

7. Monthly Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) with base 1990-91.

Percentage Change over

Period SPI Previous month/period Corresponding month

1996-97 195.88 12.45 of last year, 95-96

JULY 184.20 1.72 9.26

AUGUST 186.01 0.98 8.45

SEPTEMBER 188.66 1.42 9.97

OCTOBER 190.53 0.99 11.75

NOVEMBER 193.31 1.46 12.64

DECEMBER 194.82 0.78 12.37

JANUARY 197.74 1.50 14.19

FEBRUARY 200.46 1.38 15.01

MARCH 197.73 -1.36 12.05

APRIL 205.20 3.78 14.93

MAY 206.17 0.47 14.79

JUNE 205.78 -0.19 13.64

1997-98 210.28 7.35 of last year, 96-97

JULY 206.09 0.15 11.88

AUGUST 206.38 0.14 10.95

SEPTEMBER 207.38 0.48 9.92

OCTOBER 208.12 0.36 9.23

NOVEMBER 210.08 0.94 8.68

DECEMBER 210.25 0.08 7.92

JANUARY 209.74 -0.24 6.07

FEBRUARY 210.37 0.30 4.94

MARCH 211.44 0.51 6.93

APRIL 212.90 0.69 3.75

MAY 213.18 0.13 3.40

JUNE 217.46 2.01 5.68

Percentage Change over

Period SPI Previous month/period Corresponding month

1998-99 of last year, 97-98

JULY 219.44 0.91 6.48

AUGUST 222.42 1.36 7.77

SEPTEMBER 221.33 -0.49 6.73

OCTOBER 222.64 0.59 6.98

NOVEMBER 226.26 1.63 7.70

DECEMBER 225.56 -0.31 7.28

JANUARY 223.81 -0.78 6.71

FEBRUARY 225.03 0.55 6.97

8. Quarterly Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) with base 1990-91.

Percentage Change over

Period SPI Previous Corresponding

quarter quarter

1996-97 of last year, 95-96

1st Quarter (Jul-Sep) 186.29 3.64 9.23

2nd Quarter (Oct-Dec) 192.89 3.54 12.26

3rd Quarter (Jan-Mar) 198.64 2.98 13.74

4th Quarter (Apr-Jun) 205.72 3.56 14.45

1997-98 of last year, 96-97

1st Quarter (Jul-Sep) 206.62 0.44 10.91

2nd Quarter (Oct-Dec) 209.48 1.38 8.60

3rd Quarter (Jan-Mar) 210.52 0.50 5.98

4th Quarter (Apr-Jun) 214.51 1.90 4.28

1998-99 of last year, 97-98

1st Quarter (Jul-Sep) 221.06 3.05 6.99

2nd Quarter (Oct-Dec) 224.82 1.70 7.32

9. Half yearly Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) with base 1990-91.

% Change over % Change over

Period SPI previous half corresponding half

1996-97 of last year, 95-96

1st Half (Jul-Dec) 189.59 7.00 10.75

2nd Half (Jan-Jun) 202.18 6.64 14.10

1997-98 of last year, 96-97

1st Half (Jul-Dec) 208.05 2.90 9.74

2nd Half (Jan-Jun) 212.52 2.15 5.11

1998-99 of last year, 97-98

1st Half (Jul-Dec) 222.94 4.90 7.16

10. Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Wholesale Price Index (WPI) for January, 1999 with base 1990-91.

1999 1998

Index % Change % Change Index % Change % Change

during during over last during during over last

Index the Jan, 99 year's corr. the Jan, 98 year's corr.

Type month over month month over month

of Dec., 98 Jan, 99/ of Dec., 97 Jan., 98

Jan., 99 Jan., 98 Jan., 98 Jan., 97

CPI 215.80 -0.18 6.23 203.15 -0.05 5.75

WPI 227.61 +0.59 7.32 212.09 +0.01 3.90

11. A review of current prices of cement collected for the week ended on 06.03.1999 indicates an increase of 0.05% over the previous week and an increase of 4.98% as compared to the corresponding week of last year (Annex-II).

12. Submitted for information please.

Encl. (2)

(DR. N. M. LARIK)

DIRECTOR GENERAL

U.O. NO. FBS. PS. SPI (1)/97 DATED: 09-03-99