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PCBS | The Consumer Price Index During March, 03/2013

Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)

 Palestinian Consumer Price Index, March, 03/2013

Decreasing in the CPI during March 2013 compared with previous month

 

The overall Consumer Price Index (CPI) for Palestine during March 2013 decreased by 0.50% compared with February 2013 (decreased by 0.68% in Jerusalem J1*, and by 0.29% in Gaza Strip, and by 0.28% in the West Bank).

The CPI during March 2013 increased by 1.00% compared with March 2012 (2.21% in the West Bank, 0.86% in Jerusalem J1*, while it decrease by 0.33% in Gaza Strip).

The change in Consumer Price Index (CPI) for March 2013 is traced back to changes in prices of the following expenditure sub groups compared to the previous month:

 

Sub Groups

%Change

Fresh vegetables

- 10.45%

Eggs

- 9.88%

Potatoes and other tubers

- 9.49%

Sugar

- 3.30%

Education

+ 4.57%

Fresh poultry

+ 1.97%

Fresh fruit

+ 1.29%

 

The trend line for the consumer price index in Palestine for 2004 – 2012

 

Note:

* Jerusalem J1:  those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israel in 1967

The data of West Bank doesn't cover Jerusalem J1.

 

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