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PCBS | PCBS: The Consumer Price Index During, October, 10/2018

Increase in the CPI during October,10/2018

The overall CPI for Palestine during October 2018 increased by 0.37% compared with September 2018 (by 0.39% in Gaza Strip, by 0.25% in Jerusalem J1*, and by 0.17% in the West Bank**).

The changes in Palestinian CPI for October 2018 is traced back to changes in prices of the following expenditure sub groups compared with previous month:

Sub Groups

Percent Change

Dried Vegetables

+ 14.76%

Potatoes and other Tubers

+ 9.09%

Fresh Vegetables

+ 5.60%

Fresh Poultry

+ 3.61%

Vegetable Oils

+ 2.30%

Gas

+ 1.42%

Fresh Fish

- 1.43%

Fresh Meat

- 1.24%


The Palestinian CPI during October 2018 slightly increased by 0.07% compared with October 2017 (by 1.61% in Jerusalem J1*, and by 1.07% in the West Bank**, while it decreased by 1.60% in Gaza Strip).

The Palestinian CPI during the first ten months of 2018 decreased by 0.27% compared with the same period of the previous year (by 1.41% in Gaza Strip, while it increased by 0.90% in Jerusalem J1*, and by 0.28% in the West Bank**).

The table shows monthly percent changes in CPI by Palestinian regions for the period  (January – October 2018)

Month

Monthly Percent Change

Palestine

West Bank

Gaza Strip

Jerusal-em J1*

January 2018

- 0.13

+ 0.16

+ 0.37

-0.27

February 2018

- 0.05

+ 0.06

- 0.27

- 0.22

March 2018

- 0.12

- 0.09

- 0.51

- 0.09

April 2018

+ 0.32

+ 0.57

- 0.31

+ 0.70

May 2018

- 0.41

+ 0.22

- 0.94

+ 0.31

June 2018

+ 0.93

+ 0.98

+ 0.52

+ 0.54

July 2018

+ 0.04

+ 0.02

+ 0.45

+ 0.16

August 2018

- 0.02

- 0.32

- 0.67

+ 0.21

September 2018

- 0.07

- 0.09

+ 0.78

+ 0.10

October 2018

+ 0.37

+ 0.17

+ 0.39

+0.25



Notes:

*Data represent those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israeli Occupation in 1967.

**Data exclude those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israeli Occupation in 1967.

 

 


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