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Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)
Palestinian Consumer Price Index, October, 10/2015
Slight Increase in the CPI during October 2015 compared with previous month
The overall Consumer Price Index (CPI) for Palestine during October 2015 recorded a slight increase by 0.09% compared with September 2015 (by 1.11% in Jerusalem J1*, and with a slight increase by 0.06% in Gaza Strip, while it recorded a slight decrease by 0.08% in the West Bank).
The CPI during October 2015 increased by 2.14% compared with October 2014 (by 2.97% in Gaza Strip, 2.54% in the West Bank and by 0.87% in Jerusalem J1*).
The CPI during the first ten months of 2015 increased by 1.48% compared with the same period of the previous year (by 1.82% in Gaza Strip, 1.18% in the West Bank and by 0.38% in Jerusalem J1*).
The change in Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Palestine for October 2015 is traced back to changes in prices of the following expenditure sub groups compared with previous month:
|
Sub Groups |
Change |
|
Fresh Vegetables |
+ 16.60% |
|
Fresh Fruit |
+ 3.03% |
|
Potatoes and other Tubers |
+ 2.98% |
|
Vegetable Oils |
+ 2.39% |
|
Liquid Fuel for House |
+ 1.86% |
|
Dried Vegetables |
+ 1.74% |
|
Liquid Fuel for Cars |
+ 1.60% |
|
Fresh Poultry |
-16.25% |
|
Eggs |
- 4.20% |
|
Fresh Fish |
-2.42% |
|
Milk Products |
- 2.12% |
|
Flour |
- 1.35% |
|
Gas |
- 1.11% |
|
Textiles, Clothing and Footwear |
- 0.96% |
The trend line for the consumer price index in Palestine for October 2014 – October 2015
(Base Year 2010=100)
Note:
Jerusalem J1*: those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israel in 1967
The data of West Bank doesn't cover Jerusalem J1*.