SENSITIVE PRICE INDEX- SPI

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Insaf Research Team
irt@insaf.pk
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Date: JUN 20, 2014


Insaf Research Team (IRT)

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SENSITIVE PRICE INDEX- SPI
FOR JUNE 2014

Preamble: Analysis report on SPI for the month of JUN 2014 is attached for
the domestic and international prices of the essential basket of commodities.
Comparison has been made from current month JUN 2014 to the last month MAY
2014 and from current month JUN 2014 to the last year of the same month JUN
2013.

Domestic prices monthly compassion: It is observed from the data of
the domestic commodities that some of the prices this month of JUN 2014 have
gone up and some of the prices have gone down as compared to the last month
of MAY 2014.

On monthly comparison it is observed there is decreasing trend in the prices
of milk, Eggs, pulses, mutton, bread and sugar prices have gone up in the range
from 1% - 8% and significant increasing trend in the prices of Tomatoes around 26%
as compared to the last month. Oil prices are stable and there is a decreasing
trend in the prices of Gold, Tea bags, LPG, DAP, & Kerosine oil in the range 1% - 6%
as compared to the last month.


Insaf Research Team (IRT)

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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 JUN 2014 have
gone up and some of the prices have gone down as compared to the same
month of last year JUN 2013.

On yearly comparison it is observed there is an increasing trend in the prices
of wheat, milk, mutton, Rice & bread that have gone up from 6% - 20%. Chicken,
potatoes, onion, tea bags, LPG, DAP and gold prices decreases down in the
range from 6%-12%. Also there is a significant decrease in the prices of tomatoes to
36% as compared to the last year. Oil product like petrol and diesel prices
increased between 4%-9% and similarly, Urea, Cement prices increases between
6%-13%. There is drastic increasing trend in the prices of Potatoes that is 124% as
compared to the last year of the same month.

On the other hand there is decreasing trend of prices in DAP and Gold
prices of 9% each. There is a significant decrease in the prices of tomatoes 36%
and onion 12% respectively.

International prices compassion: it is observed from the data of international
commodities there is decreasing trend in the prices of gold, rice, wheat and dap
from last month in the range 5%-14%. However, there is an increasing trend in the
prices of oil, sugar and Urea from the last year in the range of 2% to 9%.

Source:
1) http://www.pbs.gov.pk/spi
2) http://www.sbp.org.pk/ecodata/tpi.asp