02-01-2008, 04:12 AM
<b>45pc sensitive items show increase in prices in Dec</b>
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->KARACHI - Out of 53 items included in the Sensitive Price Index basket, 24 items (45 per cent of the total items) showed a YoY inflation between 10 to 60 percent while 15 items showed YoY inflation between 5 to 10 percent, 7 items recorded YoY inflation between 0 to 5 percent and 14 items showed no change or deflation in December 2007.
According to Inflation Monitor of SBP for December 2007, the major items that showed SPI YoY inflation higher than average SPI inflation level were rice, mustard oil, vegetable ghee, LPG and wheat.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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