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PCBS | PCBS: The Consumer Price Index During September,09/2012

 

Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)

Palestinian Consumer Price Index, September,09/2012

Increase in the CPI of September 2012 compared with previous month

The overall Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the Palestinian Territory during September 2012 increased by 1.42% compared with August 2012 (2.20% in the West Bank, 1.47% in Jerusalem J1*, 1.30% in Gaza Strip).

 

The CPI during September 2012 increased by 4.06% compared with September 2011 (6.48% in the West Bank, 4.54% in Jerusalem J1*, 1.25% in Gaza Strip).

 

The CPI during first nine months of 2012 increased by 2.92% compared with the same period of the previous year (4.13% in the West Bank, 3.14% in Jerusalem J1*, 0.59% in Gaza Strip)

 

The change in Consumer Price Index (CPI) for September 2012 is traced back to changes in prices of the following expenditure sub groups compared to the previous month:

 

Sub Groups

%Change

Fresh vegetables

+ 15.49%

Eggs

+ 13.36%

Sugar

+ 8.25%

Fresh poultry

+ 2.49%

Gas

+ 4.41%

Fuel for transportation

+ 2.52%

 

 The trend line for the consumer price index in Palestinian Territory for 2004 – 2011

 

 

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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