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PCBS | PCBS: The Consumer Price Index During, August, 08/2021

 

Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)

 

Increase in the Consumer Price Index CPI during August, 08/2021

 

 

The overall CPI for Palestine during August 2021 Recorded an increase by 0.29% compared with July 2021 (by 0.59% in Gaza Strip, by 0.23% in the West Bank**, and by 0.15% in Jerusalem J1*).   

 

The changes in Palestinian CPI for August 2021 were traced back to changes in prices of the following expenditure sub groups compared with previous month:

 

Sub Groups

Percent Change

Fresh Vegetables

+ 16.83%

Potatoes and other Tubers

+ 9.20%

Liquid Fuel for Car "Diesel"

+ 3.85%

Eggs

+ 3.65%

Dried Vegetables

+ 2.47%

Vegetable Oil

+ 2.25%

Liquid Fuel for Car "Petrol"

+ 1.49%

Fresh Chicken

- 4.37%

Fresh Fruit

- 1.14%

Gas

- 0.53%

 

The Palestinian CPI during August 2021 increased by 2.55% compared with August 2020 (by 2.64% in Gaza Strip, by 2.57% in Jerusalem J1*, and by 2.52% in the West Bank**).

 

Notice for Users:

·      Due to COVID-19 pandemic and inability to conduct face-to-face interview, data for Consumer Price Index has been collected using mobile phones, in all of the Palestinian Governorates’ interviews.

 

Notes:

*Data represent those parts of Jerusalem, which were annexed by Israeli Occupation in 1967.

**Data exclude those parts of Jerusalem, which were annexed by Israeli Occupation in 1967.

Please note that the press release in English is brief compared to the Arabic version

 

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