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PCBS | PCBS: The Consumer Price Index During, November, 11/2021

 

Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)

 

Prices of fresh vegetables and fruits continue to decline for the second month in a row, which, in return, led to a decrease in the Consumer Price Index CPI

 during November,11/2021

 

 

 

The overall CPI for Palestine during November 2021 recorded a decrease by 0.27% compared with October 2021 (0.61% in Gaza Strip, 0.19% in the West Bank**, and 0.11% in Jerusalem J1*).   

 

The changes in Palestinian CPI for November 2021 were traced back to changes in prices of the following expenditure sub groups compared with previous month:

 

Sub Groups

Percent Change

Fresh Vegetables

- 11.88%

Fresh Fruit

- 8.17%

Dried Vegetables

- 6.98%

Eggs

- 4.85%

Potatoes and other Tubers

- 1.77%

Fish, Live, Fresh, Chilled, or Frozen

- 1.02%

Fresh Meat

- 0.65%

Flour of Cereals (Flour)

+ 3.52%

Vegetable Oil

+ 3.26%

Fresh Chicken

+ 2.61%

Sugar, Confectionery and Desserts

+ 2.55%

Rice

+ 1.22%

 

The Palestinian CPI during November 2021 increased by 1.38% compared with November 2020 (2.07% in Jerusalem J1*, 1.65% in the West Bank**, and 0.11% 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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