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Palestinian Consumer Price Index (CPI) during July, 07/2018
Slight Increase in the CPI during July 2018
The overall CPI for Palestine during July 2018 slightly increased by 0.04% compared with June 2018 (by 0.45% in Gaza Strip, by 0.16% in Jerusalem J1*, and with a slight increase by 0.02% in the West Bank**).
The changes in Palestinian CPI for July 2018 is traced back to changes in prices of the following expenditure sub groups compared with previous month:
|
Sub Groups |
Percent Change |
|
Potatoes and other Tubers |
+ 12.71% |
|
Fresh Meat |
+ 6.61% |
|
Fresh Fruit |
+ 5.19% |
|
Eggs |
+ 4.53% |
|
Gas |
+ 2.41% |
|
Fresh Vegetables |
+ 1.17% |
|
Fresh Fish |
- 5.81% |
|
Fresh Poultry |
- 3.67% |
|
Liquid Fuel for House |
- 2.17% |
|
Flour |
- 1.78% |
|
Liquid Fuel for Cars |
- 1.12% |
The Palestinian CPI during July 2018 increased by 1.21% compared with July 2017 (by 1.95% in the West Bank**, by 1.88% in Jerusalem J1*, and by 0.23% in Gaza Strip).
The Palestinian CPI during the first seven months of 2018 decreased by 0.48% compared with the same period of the previous year (by 1.48% in Gaza Strip, and with a slight decrease by 0.02% in the West Bank**, while it increased by 0.62% in Jerusalem J1*).
The table shows monthly percent changes in CPI by Palestinian regions for the period
January – July 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 |