Apologies for cross posting. Kevin Gallagher From: Krishna PAHARI [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 31 July 2013 23:40 To: Krishna PAHARI Subject: Pakistan Market Price Bulletin - June 2013 Dear colleagues, The Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping (VAM) unit of WFP is pleased to share with you the latest issue (June 2013) of the Pakistan Market Price Bulletin. The bulletin is attached with this email or can also be downloaded from the following link: http://vam.wfp.org.pk/publication/PMPB_June _2013.pdf<http://vam.wfp.org.pk/publication/PMPB_June%20_2013.pdf> Following are the highlights of this issue: * In May, general inflation, based on Consumer Price Index (CPI), increased by 5.1% whereas CPI for food increased by 6.5% on a year-on-year basis, compared to 5.8% and 6.5 % respectively in the previous month. * A marginal increase was noticed in the staple cereal prices. * Some fluctuations were observed in prices of essential non-cereal food commodities. * Estimates for global wheat supply were slightly lower in May and marginal fluctuations were noticed in international wheat prices. * Petroleum product prices experienced some decline in May. * A nominal increase in average wage rate caused a slight improvement in the Terms of Trade (ToT) of low income households. Earlier issues of the Pakistan Market Price Bulletin and other information products from WFP VAM may be downloaded from the following website: http://vam.wfp.org.pk/ For more information, please do not hesitate to contact us. With kind regards, Krishna Pahari ----------------------------------------------- Krishna Pahari Head, Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping Unit World Food Programme Islamabad, Pakistan website: http://vam.wfp.org.pk/ Phone: +92-51-8312473 Cell: +92-346-8563401 --------------------------------------------- This is disseminated through a mailing list of individuals interested in food security related information products in Pakistan. In case you do not like to be included in the list, please let us know by sending an email to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> . Likewise, request for inclusion in the mailing list can also be sent to the same email address. ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the Pakistan-Agri-Links-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(Pakistan-Agri-Links-L,SIGNOFF);