SENSITIVE PRICE INDEX- SPI

Researched & Compiled by

Insaf Research Team

irt@insaf.pk
Adnan F. Rehman: 03454888878
Faisal Hameed: 03314077640

Rana M. Ahmad: 03018444472

Shahbaz A. Khan:03147779222

Date: OCT 30 , 2014

Insaf Research Team (IRT)

SENSITIVE PRICE INDEX- SPI

FOR SEPTEMBER 2014

Preamble: Analysis report on SPI for the month of SEPTEMBER 2014 is

attached for the domestic and international prices of the essential basket of
commodities. Comparison has been made from current month SEPTEMBER 2014 to
the last month AUGUST 2014 and from current month SEPTEMBER 2014 to the last
year of the same month SEPTEMBER 2013.

Domestic prices monthly compassion: It is observed from the data of

the domestic commodities that some of the prices this month of SEPTEMBER 2014
have gone up and some of the prices have gone down as compared to the last
month of AUGUST 2014.
On monthly comparison it is observed there is increasing trend in the prices
of bread, milk, beef, mutton, pulses, LPG, sugar, onions and tea bags prices have
gone up in the range from 0.34% - 51.79% and significant increasing trend in the
prices of Tomatoes and LPG around 51.79% and 13.49% respectively as compared
to the last month. Whereas, there is a decreasing trend in the prices of wheat, rice,
chicken, vegetables, potatoes, urea, gold and fuel products in the range 0.06% 13.12% as compared to the last month and with significant decrease in the
chicken prices of 13.12%.

Insaf Research Team (IRT)

Domestic prices yearly compassion: It is observed from the data of the

domestic prices that some of the prices in this month of the year SEPTEMBER 2014
have gone up and some of the prices have gone down as compared to the same
month of last year SEPTEMBER 2013.
On yearly comparison it is observed there is an increasing trend in the prices
of bread, rice, beef, mutton, milk, eggs, pluses, rice, bread, potatoes and urea
that have gone up from 0.31% - 153.24% with the drastic increase in the prices of
potatoes and tomatoes that is 153.24% and 37.43% respectively. Whereas, there is
a decreasing trend in the prices of wheat, chicken, tea bags, LPG, cotton, gold
and fuel products ranging from 1.82% - 26.53% as compared to the last year with
the drastic decrease in the prices of tea bags and cotton that is 26.53% and
18.63% respectively as compared to the last year of the same month.

International prices compassion: it is observed from the monthly data of the

international commodities that there is a decreasing trend in the most of the
commodities prices such as oil, gold, sugar wheat, urea and dap from the last
month in the range 1.39%-14.05%. However, in the yearly data, there is increasing
trend in the prices of urea and dap that is 17.45% and 31.58% respectively and
decreasing trend in the prices of wheat, oil, gold. Sugar, rice, dap and urea in the
range from 8.33% - 26.58%.
Source:
1)

http://www.pbs.gov.pk/spi

2)

http://www.sbp.org.pk/ecodata/tpi.asp