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

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Major Groups of Expenditure	Palestine
Major Groups of Expenditure	Aug. 2018	Sep. 2018	% Change
Food and soft drinks	104.50	104.49	0.00
Al coholic Beverages and tobacco	166.18	162.51	-2.21
Textiles, clothing and footwear	108.39	107.17	-1.13
Housing	110.13	110.29	0.15
Furniture, household goods	105.33	104.87	-0.44
Medical care	120.87	121.46	0.49
Transportation	103.00	103.63	0.61
Communications	95.48	96.09	0.65
Recreational, cultural goods & services	105.19	106.58	1.32
Education	122.66	124.12	1.19
Restaurants and cafes	127.91	127.58	-0.26
Miscellaneous goods and services	121.78	121.49	-0.24
All items of consumer price index	111.12	111.05	-0.07

Major Groups of Expenditure	Jerusalem J1*
Major Groups of Expenditure	Aug. 2018	Sep. 2018	% Change
Food and soft drinks	113.28	113.11	-0.15
Al coholic Beverages and tobacco	176.80	170.08	-3.80
Textiles, clothing and footwear	121.29	118.30	-2.47
Housing	118.40	118.83	0.36
Furniture, household goods	124.03	124.41	0.31
Medical care	115.49	116.16	0.58
Transportation	111.22	113.85	2.36
Communications	97.55	98.09	0.55
Recreational, cultural goods & services	108.07	109.59	1.41
Education	130.15	131.38	0.94
Restaurants and cafes	121.63	121.00	-0.52
Miscellaneous goods and services	115.25	115.19	-0.05
All items of consumer price index	117.26	117.38	0.10

Major Groups of Expenditure	Gaza Strip
Major Groups of Expenditure	Aug. 2018	Sep. 2018	% Change
Food and soft drinks	96.52	97.16	0.67
Al coholic Beverages and tobacco	141.51	139.11	-1.70
Textiles, clothing and footwear	90.43	88.88	-1.71
Housing	101.20	101.66	0.45
Furniture, household goods	91.22	91.31	0.10
Medical care	100.18	101.27	1.08
Transportation	109.64	116.17	5.95
Communications	94.34	94.98	0.68
Recreational, cultural goods & services	97.22	99.75	2.60
Education	103.73	104.52	0.77
Restaurants and cafes	111.14	108.99	-1.94
Miscellaneous goods and services	122.88	123.11	0.18
All items of consumer price index	102.08	102.87	0.78

Major Groups of Expenditure	West Bank**
Major Groups of Expenditure	Aug. 2018	Sep. 2018	% Change
Food and soft drinks	108.93	108.55	-0.35
Al coholic Beverages and tobacco	162.74	162.76	0.01
Textiles, clothing and footwear	115.11	114.62	-0.43
Housing	113.89	113.86	-0.03
Furniture, household goods	112.61	111.67	-0.83
Medical care	127.25	127.61	0.28
Transportation	102.86	103.34	0.47
Communications	95.35	95.99	0.67
Recreational, cultural goods & services	110.51	110.54	0.03
Education	129.98	131.78	1.39
Restaurants and cafes	136.44	136.62	0.13
Miscellaneous goods and services	122.98	122.30	-0.56
All items of consumer price index	114.82	114.72	-0.09

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.