Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)
Palestinian Consumer Price Index, September, 09/2013
Increase in the CPI during September 2013 compared with previous month
The overall Consumer Price Index (CPI) for Palestine during September 2013 increased by 0.45% compared with August 2013 (increased by 0.80% in the West Bank, and by 0.27% in Jerusalem J1*, and by 0.15% in Gaza Strip).
The CPI during September 2013 increased by 0.42% compared with September 2012 (1.16% in the West Bank, and by 0.87% in Jerusalem J1*, while it decreased by 1.97% in Gaza Strip).
The CPI during the first Nine months of 2013 increased by 1.63% compared with the same period of the previous year (2.94% in the West Bank, 1.78% in Jerusalem J1*, while it decreased by 0.74% in Gaza Strip).
The change in Consumer Price Index (CPI) for September 2013 is traced back to changes in prices of the following expenditure sub groups compared to the previous month:
Sub Groups |
%Change |
Eggs |
+ 10.99% |
Fresh Vegetables |
+ 4.93% |
Liquid Fuel for House |
+ 4.44% |
Liquid Fuel for Cars |
+ 2.64% |
Gas |
+ 1.58% |
Dried Vegetables |
- 5.75% |
Potatoes and other Tubers |
- 3.13% |
Fresh Fruit |
- 3.10% |
Fresh Poultry |
- 1.82% |
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.