SENSITIVE PRICE INDEX- SPI

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Date: May 20, 2014


Insaf Research Team (IRT)

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SENSITIVE PRICE INDEX- SPI
FOR THE MONTH MAY 2014
Preamble: Analysis report on SPI for the month of May 2014 is attached
for the domestic and international prices of the essential basket of commodities.
Comparison has been made from current month May 2014 to the last month April
2014 and from current month May 2014 to the last year of the same month May
2013.

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

On monthly comparison it is observed there is decreasing trend in the prices
of milk, chicken, mutton, & bread prices have gone up in the range from 1% - 14%
and significant decreasing trend in the prices of Eggs, Tomatoes, and Tea bags in
the range of 10% - 17% as compared to the last month. There is also a decreasing
trend in the prices Oil products as compared to the last month.

On the other hand there is increasing trend of prices in cotton and pulses
products and these have gone up in the range of 1% 3%.


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

On yearly comparison it is observed there is an increasing trend in the prices
of milk, chicken, mutton, & bread that have gone up from 7% - 20%, Chicken 20%,
oil product prices increased between 3%-6% and Urea, Cement prices between
3%-13%. There is drastic increasing trend in the prices of Potatoes that is 183% as
compared to the last year of the same month.

On the other hand there is decreasing trend of prices in DAP, Gold, and
furnace oil prices in the range of 5% and 13%. There is a significant decrease in the
prices of tomatoes 47% and onion 26% respectively.

International prices compassion: it is observed from the data of international
commodities there is decreasing trend in the prices of oil, gold, sugar and dap
from last month in the range 1%-14%. However, there is a mix trend from the last
year like gold, sugar and dap in the decreasing trend whereas, Oil, rice, wheat
and urea prices gone up in the range of 1% to 5%.

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