Monthly Consumer Price Index Numbers by Major Groups for months of January - December 2007  and Percent Changes from Average of 2006 (Base Year 2004=100)

Major Groups of Expenditure

Palestinian Territory

Ave. 2006

Jan. 2007

Feb.2007

Mar.2007

Apr.2007

May.2007

June.2007

July.2007

Aug.2007

Sep.2007

Oct.2007

Nov.2007

Dec.2007

Ave.2007

% Change

Food and soft drinks

110.24

112.46

111.48

111.03

111.46

110.41

112.04

112.66

117.41

118.39

121.05

121.50

121.80

115.14

4.45

Al coholic Beverages and tobacco

109.20

109.88

109.87

109.97

112.00

111.99

111.96

112.00

117.89

118.67

118.30

121.29

121.77

114.63

4.98

Textiles, clothing and footwear

101.20

99.17

100.36

100.63

103.65

101.62

102.35

98.92

100.25

101.19

101.86

99.52

99.12

100.72

-0.48

Housing

115.93

110.29

110.46

111.39

112.45

112.32

112.20

112.47

113.77

114.04

115.07

116.77

117.94

113.26

-2.30

Furniture, household goods

99.31

97.38

98.03

95.77

95.92

95.90

96.99

96.60

100.09

100.51

100.79

101.01

101.55

98.38

-0.94

Medical care

101.50

103.04

105.49

103.16

103.44

103.87

103.43

104.77

106.78

108.88

109.44

111.29

113.32

106.41

4.83

Transportation

112.48

110.87

109.75

109.39

107.13

108.27

111.34

113.86

113.80

112.91

113.63

114.82

116.28

111.84

-0.57

Communications

108.01

108.28

107.68

106.66

106.55

108.88

110.25

110.01

110.80

110.95

110.94

111.24

111.18

109.45

1.33

Recreational, cultural goods & services

97.95

96.73

96.52

93.70

94.57

96.77

101.90

96.63

99.17

99.32

99.10

99.58

98.11

97.68

-0.28

Education

102.10

101.99

103.81

105.30

103.94

101.41

98.16

98.66

97.88

97.88

98.73

98.13

99.08

100.41

-1.65

Restaurants and cafes

107.20

110.68

110.97

113.18

111.19

108.54

107.95

107.17

108.05

110.67

116.23

121.66

118.92

112.10

4.57

Miscellaneous goods and services

107.39

108.76

108.82

110.15

107.74

107.86

107.07

107.07

107.50

107.56

107.77

108.66

108.49

108.12

0.69

All items of consumer price index

108.11

108.13

107.94

107.61

107.80

107.44

108.57

108.61

111.37

111.98

113.38

114.09

114.48

110.12

1.86


Major Groups of Expenditure

Jerusalem

Ave. 2006

Jan. 2007

Feb.2007

Mar.2007

Apr.2007

May.2007

June.2007

July.2007

Aug.2007

Sep.2007

Oct.2007

Nov.2007

Dec.2007

Ave.2007

% Change

Food and soft drinks

109.20

109.31

108.49

110.24

110.41

109.53

112.04

114.00

117.84

118.76

118.67

118.29

117.92

113.79

4.21

Al coholic Beverages and tobacco

106.41

100.63

101.26

101.41

107.52

107.52

107.25

107.33

107.22

107.39

107.23

107.14

108.45

105.86

-0.51

Textiles, clothing and footwear

98.85

97.31

104.80

106.19

109.37

106.95

111.03

103.87

107.37

107.29

107.41

103.58

100.47

105.47

6.70

Housing

116.84

116.81

117.24

118.59

117.91

116.40

117.10

115.17

115.42

114.30

113.91

115.21

116.66

116.23

-0.52

Furniture, household goods

98.11

95.98

98.04

93.40

94.55

92.17

91.27

92.17

95.41

97.13

96.73

97.36

95.37

94.97

-3.20

Medical care

100.25

100.39

101.57

101.51

99.06

100.50

99.01

103.55

106.44

108.58

109.11

111.43

114.81

104.66

4.40

Transportation

108.52

108.47

106.76

107.72

109.14

112.52

115.47

120.35

119.88

118.90

119.52

121.53

121.89

115.18

6.14

Communications

103.19

104.39

103.89

105.18

104.32

105.59

106.19

105.49

106.69

106.69

106.69

107.11

107.07

105.77

2.51

Recreational, cultural goods & services

101.91

98.81

98.73

94.95

94.97

97.25

102.52

97.05

103.61

102.24

100.43

101.23

99.23

99.25

-2.61

Education

102.74

102.42

106.16

109.55

112.53

112.30

107.33

110.69

106.49

106.49

106.49

105.55

105.63

107.64

4.76

Restaurants and cafes

109.24

114.34

115.16

124.46

127.51

125.08

125.46

122.17

123.74

125.78

133.77

142.07

137.44

126.42

15.72

Miscellaneous goods and services

103.62

103.02

103.16

105.99

104.57

107.04

106.41

105.67

105.11

104.36

104.94

106.39

106.06

105.23

1.55

All items of consumer price index

106.96

106.48

106.89

107.96

108.61

108.57

110.04

110.53

112.51

112.69

112.82

113.28

113.01

110.28

3.10


Major Groups of Expenditure

Gaza Strip

Ave. 2006

Jan. 2007

Feb.2007

Mar.2007

Apr.2007

May.2007

June.2007

July.2007

Aug.2007

Sep.2007

Oct.2007

Nov.2007

Dec.2007

Ave.2007

% Change

Food and soft drinks

110.59

115.61

112.15

111.15

111.90

110.46

111.45

109.72

116.97

117.28

121.90

121.16

123.89

115.30

4.26

Al coholic Beverages and tobacco

107.27

110.57

110.57

110.57

110.57

110.57

110.57

110.51

129.18

130.15

129.97

137.65

137.70

119.88

11.76

Textiles, clothing and footwear

100.62

94.86

91.22

95.74

95.96

96.14

96.11

97.00

95.58

97.63

98.14

96.12

97.02

95.96

-4.63

Housing

108.60

100.28

100.26

100.39

102.83

103.35

102.73

104.37

106.63

107.39

108.94

110.57

110.99

104.90

-3.41

Furniture, household goods

99.09

94.39

93.87

99.86

101.27

101.30

103.16

102.81

102.29

103.04

103.26

103.75

108.39

101.45

2.38

Medical care

101.00

102.39

103.63

101.46

103.53

104.10

103.09

101.22

102.18

105.69

107.96

108.96

107.83

104.34

3.30

Transportation

114.10

114.97

114.37

113.19

107.82

110.70

112.21

113.16

113.36

111.83

112.57

113.19

116.40

112.81

-1.13

Communications

108.37

108.69

106.06

105.55

103.35

107.17

109.39

109.39

109.88

110.81

110.79

110.81

110.80

108.56

0.17

Recreational, cultural goods & services

94.91

93.53

93.94

90.73

93.33

93.10

95.48

93.79

94.20

95.31

95.73

96.09

96.13

94.28

-0.67

Education

108.14

107.17

108.87

110.18

104.42

99.05

95.41

95.41

95.41

95.41

96.55

96.55

98.82

100.27

-7.28

Restaurants and cafes

102.33

104.00

106.98

108.62

106.60

102.19

104.12

106.09

108.16

111.71

112.45

113.73

117.80

108.54

6.07

Miscellaneous goods and services

106.46

109.93

109.54

109.48

106.16

106.02

104.50

104.81

105.06

105.85

105.91

107.14

107.65

106.84

0.36

All items of consumer price index

107.20

108.08

106.48

106.50

106.33

105.90

106.47

105.95

109.79

110.44

112.66

112.95

114.86

108.87

1.56


Major Groups of Expenditure

     R. West Bank

Ave. 2006

Jan. 2007

Feb.2007

Mar.2007

Apr.2007

May.2007

June.2007

July.2007

Aug.2007

Sep.2007

Oct.2007

Nov.2007

Dec.2007

Ave.2007

% Change

Food and soft drinks

111.12

113.81

110.91

108.44

109.22

108.19

110.47

110.99

113.87

115.90

120.31

122.87

122.76

113.98

2.57

Al coholic Beverages and tobacco

113.26

115.75

114.99

115.08

115.22

115.20

115.26

115.52

115.75

115.37

114.80

115.21

115.41

115.30

1.80

Textiles, clothing and footwear

103.16

100.99

97.43

94.46

97.83

97.89

95.78

94.25

94.56

95.94

97.43

97.76

99.58

96.99

-5.98

Housing

117.15

112.75

112.67

113.24

115.75

117.00

115.77

117.76

119.51

119.99

122.03

124.88

125.66

118.08

0.80

Furniture, household goods

100.16

102.77

101.41

97.23

94.99

94.14

99.30

98.51

104.36

102.56

104.05

104.22

105.05

100.72

0.56

Medical care

106.16

108.90

113.18

107.97

108.27

108.25

109.29

110.94

111.67

111.61

109.47

109.34

108.24

109.76

3.40

Transportation

114.46

112.07

111.08

109.65

106.98

106.61

111.26

112.05

111.89

111.60

112.50

113.35

113.95

111.08

-2.96

Communications

109.52

108.46

109.53

106.70

107.41

109.99

110.72

110.47

111.25

111.33

111.26

111.28

111.20

109.97

0.40

Recreational, cultural goods & services

93.00

92.81

91.82

91.49

90.48

92.14

94.42

94.01

93.30

93.34

94.94

94.26

93.63

93.05

0.05

Education

98.01

98.19

95.40

94.92

90.08

89.47

90.51

90.89

90.89

90.89

90.49

90.49

90.84

91.92

-6.21

Restaurants and cafes

104.00

109.54

109.50

113.63

113.64

110.45

106.23

109.37

107.98

108.90

113.46

112.37

111.98

110.59

6.33

Miscellaneous goods and services

108.01

109.87

110.56

110.16

110.59

108.04

108.24

107.85

108.93

109.68

111.14

110.37

110.38

109.65

1.52

All items of consumer price index

109.22

110.00

108.57

106.72

107.01

106.63

108.13

108.60

110.35

111.18

113.46

114.80

115.01

110.04

0.75


*R. West Bank: means Remaining West Bank, which includes all of the West bank except for those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed after 1967 occupation by Israel.