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Increase in the Consumer Price Index CPI during July, 07/2021
The overall CPI for Palestine during July 2021 Recorded an increase by 0.13% compared with June 2021 (by 0.77% in Gaza Strip, with a slight increase by 0.03% in Jerusalem J1*, while it slightly decreased by 0.06% in the West Bank**).
The changes in Palestinian CPI for July 2021 were traced back to changes in prices of the following expenditure sub groups compared with previous month:
|
Sub Groups |
Percent Change |
|
Potatoes and other Tubers |
+ 7.61% |
|
Fresh Fruit |
+ 4.48% |
|
Fish, Live, fresh, chilled, or frozen |
+ 3.50% |
|
Dried Vegetables |
+ 1.31% |
|
Eggs |
- 3.17% |
|
Fresh Chicken |
- 1.47% |
The Palestinian CPI during July 2021 increased by 2.28% compared with July 2020 (by 2.71% in Jerusalem J1*, by 2.24% in Gaza Strip, and by 2.21% 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.
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