Monthly Consumer Price Index Numbers by Major Groups of Expenditure and Region for Months of August 2018 Compared with July 2018

(Base Year 2010=100)

 

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Major Groups of Expenditure

Palestine

Jul. 2018

Aug. 2018

% Change

Food and soft drinks

106.04

104.50

-1.45

Al coholic Beverages and tobacco

154.27

166.18

7.72

Textiles, clothing and footwear

108.84

108.39

-0.41

Housing

110.05

110.13

0.08

Furniture, household goods 

105.42

105.33

-0.08

Medical care

120.95

120.87

-0.07

Transportation

102.77

103.00

0.22

Communications

95.45

95.48

0.03

Recreational, cultural goods & services

104.65

105.19

0.52

Education

122.66

122.66

0.00

Restaurants and cafes

127.83

127.91

0.07

Miscellaneous goods and services

121.86

121.78

-0.06

All items of consumer price index

111.14

111.12

-0.02


Major Groups of Expenditure

Jerusalem J1*

Jul. 2018

Aug. 2018

% Change

Food and soft drinks

112.41

113.28

0.77

Al coholic Beverages and tobacco

176.80

176.80

0.00

Textiles, clothing and footwear

121.84

121.29

-0.45

Housing

117.71

118.40

0.59

Furniture, household goods 

125.04

124.03

-0.81

Medical care

115.50

115.49

-0.01

Transportation

110.82

111.22

0.37

Communications

97.53

97.55

0.02

Recreational, cultural goods & services

108.53

108.07

-0.42

Education

130.15

130.15

0.00

Restaurants and cafes

120.74

121.63

0.74

Miscellaneous goods and services

115.35

115.25

-0.09

All items of consumer price index

117.01

117.26

0.21


Major Groups of Expenditure

Gaza Strip

Jul. 2018

Aug. 2018

% Change

Food and soft drinks

99.13

96.52

-2.63

Al coholic Beverages and tobacco

125.59

141.51

12.68

Textiles, clothing and footwear

90.67

90.43

-0.27

Housing

101.18

101.20

0.03

Furniture, household goods 

91.21

91.22

0.01

Medical care

99.76

100.18

0.42

Transportation

109.59

109.64

0.05

Communications

94.31

94.34

0.03

Recreational, cultural goods & services

97.28

97.22

-0.06

Education

103.73

103.73

0.00

Restaurants and cafes

109.16

111.14

1.81

Miscellaneous goods and services

123.06

122.88

-0.14

All items of consumer price index

102.77

102.08

-0.67


Major Groups of Expenditure

    West Bank**

Jul. 2018

Aug. 2018

% Change

Food and soft drinks

110.01

108.93

-0.98

Al coholic Beverages and tobacco

162.76

162.74

-0.01

Textiles, clothing and footwear

115.68

115.11

-0.49

Housing

113.84

113.89

0.04

Furniture, household goods 

112.54

112.61

0.07

Medical care

127.48

127.25

-0.18

Transportation

102.64

102.86

0.22

Communications

95.31

95.35

0.04

Recreational, cultural goods & services

109.22

110.51

1.18

Education

129.98

129.98

0.00

Restaurants and cafes

137.06

136.44

-0.46

Miscellaneous goods and services

123.00

122.98

-0.01

All items of consumer price index

115.19

114.82

-0.32


J1* those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israeli Occupation in 1967.

**Data excluded those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israeli Occupation in 1967.