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PCBS | PCBS: The Consumer Price Index During May,05/2013

Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) 

Palestinian Consumer Price Index, May,05/2013

 

Increasing in the CPI during May 2013 compared with previous month

The overall Consumer Price Index (CPI) for Palestine during May 2013 increased by 0.10% compared with April 2013 (increased by 0.96% in the West Bank, and by 0.43% in Jerusalem J1*, while it decreased by 1.73% in Gaza Strip).

 The CPI during May 2013 increased by 1.45% compared with May 2012 (3.03% in the West Bank, and by 1.27% in Jerusalem J1*, while it decreased by 1.86% in Gaza Strip).

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

 

Sub Groups

%Change

Cigarettes& Cigar and Tobacco products

+ 6.98%

Fresh fruit

+ 2.13%

Poultry

+ 1.10%

Potatoes and other tubers

- 10.61%

Fuel for Housing

-  8.26%

Fuel for transportation

-  4.06%

Gas

- 3.80%

 

 

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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