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PCBS | PCBS: The Consumer Price Index During, September, 09/2021

 

Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)

Increase in the Consumer Price Index CPI during September, 09/2021

 

 

The overall CPI for Palestine during September 2021 Recorded an increase by 0.43% compared with August 2021 (by 0.53% in the West Bank**, by 0.47% in Jerusalem J1*, and by 0.12% in Gaza Strip).   

 

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

 

Sub Groups

Percent Change

Eggs

+ 17.61%

Fresh Vegetables

+ 9.48%

Fresh Chicken

+ 4.04%

Dried Vegetables

+ 2.70%

Potatoes and other Tubers

- 2.39%

Fresh Meat

- 1.10%

Fresh Fruit

- 0.96%

 

The Palestinian CPI during September 2021 increased by 1.72% compared with September 2020 (by 2.60% in Jerusalem J1*, by 1.72% in the West Bank**, and by 1.18% 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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