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Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)
Decrease in the Consumer Price Index CPI during June, 06/2021
The overall CPI for Palestine during June 2021 Recorded a Decrease by 0.62% compared with May 2021 (by 0.91% in the West Bank**, and by 0.18% in Gaza Strip, while it increased by 0.15% in Jerusalem J1*).
The changes in Palestinian CPI for June 2021 were traced back to changes in prices of the following expenditure sub groups compared with previous month:
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Sub Groups |
Percent Change |
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Potatoes and other Tubers |
- 5.86% |
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Fresh Fruit |
- 3.98% |
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Dried Vegetables |
- 2.39% |
|
Fresh Chicken |
- 1.72% |
|
Eggs |
- 1.59% |
|
Fresh Vegetables |
+ 6.29% |
|
Liquid Fuel for Car "Diesel" |
+ 3.76% |
|
Liquid Fuel for Car "Petrol" |
+ 1.04% |
The Palestinian CPI during June 2021 increased by 2.13% compared with June 2020 (by 3.20% in Jerusalem J1*, by 2.28% in the West Bank**, and by 1.02% in Gaza Strip).
The Palestinian CPI during the first half of 2021 increased by 0.91% compared with the same period of the previous year (by 1.51% in Jerusalem J1*, and by 0.98% in the West Bank**, while it decreased by 0.54% in Gaza Strip).
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.
Please note that the press release in English is brief compared to the Arabic version
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