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Palestinian Consumer Price Index (CPI) during August, 08/2018

Slight Decrease in the CPI during August 2018


The overall CPI for Palestine during August 2018 slightly decreased by 0.02% compared with July 2018 (by 0.67% in Gaza Strip, and by 0.32% in the West Bank**, while it increased by 0.21% in Jerusalem J1*).

The changes in Palestinian CPI for August 2018 is traced back to changes in prices of the following expenditure sub groups compared with previous month:

Sub Groups

Percent Change

Fresh Vegetables

- 5.53%

Fresh Poultry

- 5.33%

Fresh Meat

- 3.05%

Dried Vegetables

- 2.08%

Fresh Fruit

- 0.81%

Eggs

+ 3.22%

Flour

+ 2.08%

Fresh Fish

+ 2.08%

Liquid Fuel for House

+ 1.47%

Potatoes and other Tubers

+ 1.28%

Liquid Fuel for Cars

+ 1.04%



The Palestinian CPI during August 2018 increased by 0.63% compared with August 2017 (by 1.62% in Jerusalem J1*, and by 1.05% in the West Bank**, while it decreased by 0.74% in Gaza Strip).

 

The Palestinian CPI during the first eight months of 2018 decreased by 0.34% compared with the same period of the previous year (by 1.39% in Gaza Strip, while it increased by 0.75% in Jerusalem J1*, and by 0.12% in the West Bank**).

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