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PCBS | PCBS: The Palestinian Producer Price Index, August, 08/2018


Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)
 
Decrease in the Producer Price  Index (PPI) during August,08/2018


The overall Producer Price Index (PPI) for  Palestine with its base month (December      2015 = 100) reached 104.92 in August 2018, as it decreased by 1.12% compared to July 2018.

PPI for locally consumed products
Producer Price Index for locally consumed products (December 2015 = 100) reached 105.48 in August 2018, which indicates a decrease of 1.24% compared to July 2018.

PPI for local exported products
Producer Price Index for local exported products (December 2015 = 100) reached 100.00 in August 2018, which indicates a  slight decrease of 0.02% compared to July 2018.

The changes of PPI for August 2018 were traced back to changes in prices of the following major activities compared to the previous month:


­­­­­­­Major Activities

% Change

Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities

 - 4.58%

Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply

   - 3.21%

Agriculture, forestry and fishing goods

 - 1.99%

Manufacturing

- 0.10%

Mining and quarrying

     0.00%




















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