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Increase in the Producer Price Index (PPI) during August,08/2019
The overall Producer Price Index (PPI) for Palestine with its base year (2018 = 100) reached 98.85 in August 2019, as it increased by 0.91% compared to July 2019.
PPI for locally consumed products
Producer Price Index for locally consumed products (2018 = 100) reached 98.83 in August 2019, which indicates an increase of 0.99% compared to July 2019.
PPI for local exported products
Producer Price Index for local exported products (2018 = 100) reached 98.85 in August 2019, which indicates a slight increase of 0.08% compared to July 2019.
The changes of PPI for August 2019 were traced back to changes in prices of the following major activities compared to the previous month:
|
Major Activities |
% Change |
|
Agriculture, forestry and fishing goods |
+ 3.01% |
|
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply |
+ 0.80% |
|
Mining and quarrying |
+ 0.30% |
|
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities |
- 4.19% |
|
Manufacturing |
- 0.04% |
The table shows monthly percent changes in Palestinian PPI for the months:
January – August 2019:
January – August 2019:
|
Month |
Local Products |
Exported Products |
All Products |
|
January |
- 0.01 |
- 0.17 |
- 0.03 |
|
February |
+ 1.09 |
+ 0.77 |
+ 1.06 |
|
March |
- 0.96 |
- 0.13 |
- 0.87 |
|
April |
+ 0.43 |
- 0.01 |
+ 0.39 |
|
May |
- 1.12 |
- 1.34 |
- 1.14 |
|
June |
- 0.89 |
- 1.46 |
- 0.95 |
|
July |
- 0.71 |
+ 0.44 |
- 0.59 |
|
August |
+ 0.99 |
+ 0.08 |
+ 0.91 |