Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)
Palestinian Consumer Price Index, November , 11/2015
Decrease in the CPI during November 2015 compared with previous month
The overall Consumer Price Index (CPI) for Palestine during November 2015 decreased by 0.61% compared with October 2015 (by 1.41% in Gaza Strip, 0.72% in Jerusalem J1*, and by 0.17% in the West Bank).
The CPI during November 2015 increased by 1.44% compared with November 2014 (by 2.08% in the West Bank, 1.62% in Gaza Strip, and by 0.70% in Jerusalem J1*).
The CPI during the first eleven months of 2015 increased by 1.47% compared with the same period of the previous year (by 1.81% in Gaza Strip, 1.26% in the West Bank, and by 0.41% in Jerusalem J1*).
The change in Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Palestine for November 2015 is traced back to changes in prices of the following expenditure sub groups compared with previous month:
Sub Groups |
Change |
Fresh Fruit |
- 5.93% |
Fresh Meat |
-5.10% |
Fresh Vegetables |
- 4.56% |
Fresh Fish |
-4.32% |
Dried Vegetables |
- 3.62% |
Liquid Fuel for Cars |
- 2.12% |
Liquid Fuel for House |
- 2.01% |
Potatoes and other Tubers |
+ 5.80% |
Fresh Poultry |
+1.20% |
The trend line for the consumer price index
in Palestine for November 2014 – November 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*.