ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI) for the week ended on February 2, 2023 recorded an increase of 2.82 percent, according to the weekly report of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. According to the report, the SPI recorded a highest-ever year-on-year increase of 34.49 percent in the week under review. During the week, out of 51 items, prices of 32 (62.75%) items increased, 01 (1.96%) items decreased and 18 (35.29%) items remained stable. Major increase is observed in the prices of food items, Garlic (17.07%), Pulse Gram (7.10%), Bananas (4.75%), Chicken (4.37%), Pulse Mash (3.93%), Pulse Masoor (3.91%), Mustard Oil (3.47%), Eggs (3.42%), Pulse Moong (2.33%), Sugar (2.32%), Vegetable Ghee 1 Kg (2.13%) and Rice Basmati Broken (2.12%), non-food items, LPG (17.61%), Petrol (16.22%) and Diesel (15.30%). DNA
