Increase in the Consumer Price Index during October , 10/2017
    Increase in the CPI during October 2017
The overall CPI for Palestine during October 2017 increased by 0.20% compared with September 2017 (by 0.65% in Gaza Strip, and slightly increased by 0.08% in Jerusalem J1*, while it slightly decreased by 0.08% in the West Bank**).
The changes in Palestinian CPI for October 2017 is traced back to changes in prices of the following expenditure sub groups compared with previous month:
 | 
             Sub Groups  | 
            
             Percent Change %  | 
        
| 
             Dried Vegetables  | 
            
             + 7.48%  | 
        
| 
             Potatoes and other Tubers  | 
            
             + 3.57%  | 
        
| 
             Liquid Fuel for House  | 
            
             + 3.49%  | 
        
| 
             Liquid Fuel for Cars  | 
            
             + 2.27%  | 
        
| 
             Flour  | 
            
             + 0.90%  | 
        
| 
             Fresh Meat  | 
            
             + 0.66%  | 
        
| 
             Gas  | 
            
             + 0.65%  | 
        
| 
             Fresh Fruit  | 
            
             + 0.53%  | 
        
| 
             Fresh Fish  | 
            
             - 1.98%  | 
        
| 
             Rice  | 
            
             - 1.39%  | 
        
The Palestinian CPI during October 2017 increased by 0.97% compared with October 2016 (by 2.37% in Gaza Strip, and by 1.30% in Jerusalem J1*, while it decreased by 0.16% in the West Bank**).
The Palestinian CPI during the first ten months of 2017 increased by 0.19% compared with the same period of the previous year (by 2.35% in Jerusalem J1*, and by 0.11% in the West Bank**, while it slightly decreased by 0.01% in Gaza Strip).
The table below shows monthly percent changes in CPI by region for the period January – October 2017:
| 
             Month  | 
            
             Monthly Percent Change  | 
        |||
| 
             Palestine  | 
            
             West Bank**  | 
            
             Gaza Strip  | 
            
             Jerusal-em J1*  | 
        |
| 
             January  | 
            
             + 0.14  | 
            
             + 0.03  | 
            
             + 0.38  | 
            
             + 1.02  | 
        
| 
             February  | 
            
             + 0.62  | 
            
             + 0.78  | 
            
             + 0.40  | 
            
             + 0.35  | 
        
| 
             March  | 
            
             + 1.08  | 
            
             + 0.22  | 
            
             + 2.33  | 
            
             - 0.70  | 
        
| 
             April  | 
            
             - 0.50  | 
            
             - 1.01  | 
            
             + 0.13  | 
            
             + 0.61  | 
        
| 
             May  | 
            
             - 0.84  | 
            
             - 0.50  | 
            
             - 1.62  | 
            
             - 0.17  | 
        
| 
             June  | 
            
             - 0.96  | 
            
             - 0.90  | 
            
             - 1.61  | 
            
             - 0.29  | 
        
| 
             July  | 
            
             - 0.15  | 
            
             + 0.36  | 
            
             - 0.58  | 
            
             - 0.13  | 
        
| 
             August  | 
            
             + 0.56  | 
            
             + 0.57  | 
            
             + 0.31  | 
            
             + 0.47  | 
        
| 
             September  | 
            
             + 0.65  | 
            
             + 0.14  | 
            
             + 1.39  | 
            
             + 0.28  | 
        
| 
             October  | 
            
             + 0.20  | 
            
             - 0.08  | 
            
             + 0.65  | 
            
             + 0.08  | 
        
Notes:
*The data of Jerusalem J1 includes that part of Jerusalem governorate which was annexed forcefully by Israel following its occupation of the West Bank in 1967.
**The data of the West Bank doesn't include that part of Jerusalem governorate which was annexed forcefully by Israel following its occupation of the West Bank in 1967.
NB:
Data collection of Consumer Price Index survey was funded by the European Union.
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