Increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) during September, 09/2019
The overall CPI for Palestine during September 2019 increased by 0.33% compared with August 2019 (by 0.69% in Gaza Strip, and by 0.26% in the West Bank**, while it slightly decreased by 0.09% in Jerusalem J1*).
The changes in Palestinian CPI for September 2019 were traced back to changes in prices of the following expenditure sub groups compared with previous month:
Sub Groups |
Percent Change |
Fresh Vegetables |
+ 12.81% |
Fresh Chicken |
+ 6.10% |
Dried Vegetables |
+ 5.18% |
Eggs |
+ 1.48% |
Fresh Fruit |
- 6.04% |
Liquid Fuel for Car "Diesel" |
- 3.23% |
Liquid Fuel for Car "Petrol" |
- 1.22% |
Fish, Live, Fresh, Chilled, or Frozen |
- 0.99% |
Fresh Meat |
- 0.93% |
The Palestinian CPI during September 2019 increased by 2.28% compared with September 2018 (by 2.33% in the West Bank**, by 1.62% in Jerusalem J1*, and by 1.05% in Gaza Strip).
The table shows monthly percent changes in CPI by Palestinian regions for the months: January – September 2019:
Month |
Monthly Percent Change |
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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 |