Monthly Consumer Price Index Numbers by Major Groups of Expenditure and Region for Months of July 2018 Compared with July 2017

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Major Groups of Expenditure	Palestine
Major Groups of Expenditure	Jul. 2017	Jul. 2018	% Change
Food and soft drinks	102.83	106.04	3.12
Al coholic Beverages and tobacco	160.74	154.27	-4.02
Textiles, clothing and footwear	113.05	108.84	-3.73
Housing	108.44	110.05	1.48
Furniture, household goods	105.72	105.42	-0.28
Medical care	119.74	120.95	1.01
Transportation	100.43	102.77	2.34
Communications	94.61	95.45	0.88
Recreational, cultural goods & services	104.65	104.65	0.00
Education	123.64	122.66	-0.79
Restaurants and cafes	124.35	127.83	2.79
Miscellaneous goods and services	120.24	121.86	1.35
All items of consumer price index	109.82	111.14	1.21

Major Groups of Expenditure	Jerusalem J1*
Major Groups of Expenditure	Jul. 2017	Jul. 2018	% Change
Food and soft drinks	108.36	112.41	3.74
Al coholic Beverages and tobacco	177.20	176.80	-0.22
Textiles, clothing and footwear	129.51	121.84	-5.92
Housing	115.57	117.71	1.85
Furniture, household goods	123.87	125.04	0.94
Medical care	116.93	115.50	-1.22
Transportation	106.69	110.82	3.87
Communications	96.83	97.53	0.72
Recreational, cultural goods & services	108.12	108.53	0.38
Education	129.68	130.15	0.37
Restaurants and cafes	117.89	120.74	2.42
Miscellaneous goods and services	111.44	115.35	3.51
All items of consumer price index	114.85	117.01	1.88

Major Groups of Expenditure	Gaza Strip
Major Groups of Expenditure	Jul. 2017	Jul. 2018	% Change
Food and soft drinks	98.56	99.13	0.58
Al coholic Beverages and tobacco	140.69	125.59	-10.73
Textiles, clothing and footwear	91.61	90.67	-1.03
Housing	98.67	101.18	2.54
Furniture, household goods	91.60	91.21	-0.42
Medical care	97.09	99.76	2.75
Transportation	109.60	109.59	-0.01
Communications	93.30	94.31	1.08
Recreational, cultural goods & services	98.20	97.28	-0.94
Education	107.04	103.73	-3.09
Restaurants and cafes	105.91	109.16	3.07
Miscellaneous goods and services	121.48	123.06	1.30
All items of consumer price index	102.53	102.77	0.23

Major Groups of Expenditure	West Bank**
Major Groups of Expenditure	Jul. 2017	Jul. 2018	% Change
Food and soft drinks	105.12	110.01	4.66
Al coholic Beverages and tobacco	159.91	162.76	1.78
Textiles, clothing and footwear	121.16	115.68	-4.52
Housing	112.63	113.84	1.08
Furniture, household goods	113.00	112.54	-0.41
Medical care	126.76	127.48	0.56
Transportation	100.35	102.64	2.28
Communications	94.52	95.31	0.84
Recreational, cultural goods & services	108.88	109.22	0.31
Education	130.18	129.98	-0.16
Restaurants and cafes	133.34	137.06	2.80
Miscellaneous goods and services	121.96	123.00	0.86
All items of consumer price index	112.98	115.19	1.95

J1* 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.