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PCBS | PCBS: The Consumer Price Index During, November, 11/2019.

Decrease in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) during November,11/2019


The overall CPI for Palestine during November 2019 decreased by 0.31% compared with October 2019 (by 0.37% in Gaza Strip, by 0.32% in the West Bank**, and by 0.17% in Jerusalem J1*).

The changes in Palestinian CPI for November 2019 were traced back to changes in prices of the following expenditure sub groups compared with previous month:

Sub Groups

Percent Change

Fresh Vegetables

- 7.32%

Potatoes and other Tubers

- 6.85%

Vegetable Oil

- 2.81%

Fresh Chicken

- 2.46%

Gas

- 2.37%

Fish, Live, Fresh, Chilled, or Frozen

- 1.38%

Eggs

+ 6.95%

Dried Vegetables

+ 4.39%

Fresh Fruit

+ 3.76%


The Palestinian CPI during November 2019 increased by 1.64% compared with November 2018 (by 2.05% in the West Bank**, and by 1.34% in Jerusalem J1*, while it decreased by 0.33% in Gaza Strip).

The table shows monthly percent changes in CPI by Palestinian regions for the months:  January – November 2019:

Month

Monthly Percent Change

Palestine

West Bank

Gaza Strip

Jerusal-em J1*

January 2019

+ 0.01

+ 0.01

+ 0.15

- 0.19

February 2019

- 0.05

+ 0.17

- 0.57

- 0.49

March 2019

+ 0.85

+ 0.88

+ 0.89

+ 0.57

April 2019

+ 0.85

+ 1.09

+ 0.07

+ 0.76

May 2019

+ 0.43

- 0.14

+ 1.12

+ 1.89

June 2019

- 0.48

- 0.34

- 1.26

- 0.01

July 2019

+ 0.18

+ 0.32

- 0.38

+ 0.16

August 2019

+ 0.31

+ 0.32

+ 0.28

+ 0.15

September 2019

+ 0.33

+ 0.26

+ 0.69

- 0.09

October 2019

- 0.31

- 0.21

- 1.05

+ 0.09

November 2019

- 0.31

- 0.32

- 0.37

- 0.17

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