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PCBS | The Consumer Price Index During, January, 01/2018.

Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)

Decrease in the Consumer Price Index during January, 01/2018


The overall CPI for Palestine during January 2018 decreased by 0.13% compared with December 2017 (by 0.27% in Jerusalem J1*, while it increased by 0.37% in Gaza Strip, and by 0.16% in the West Bank**).

The changes in Palestinian CPI for January 2018 is traced back to changes in prices of the following expenditure sub groups compared with previous month:

Sub Groups

%Change

Potatoes and other Tubers

- 4.62%

Fresh Meat

- 2.53%

Flour

- 2.07%

Fresh Vegetables

- 1.07%

Eggs

+ 14.61%

Fresh Fish

+ 10.38%

Fresh Poultry

+ 8.06%

Dried Vegetables

+ 7.57%

Vegetable Oils

+ 2.57%

Gas

+ 2.09%

Fresh Fruit

+ 1.50%


The Palestinian CPI during January 2018 decreased by 0.29% compared with January 2017 (by 0.88% in the West Bank**, while it increased by 0.30% in Gaza Strip, and by 0.14% in Jerusalem J1*).

Notes:
*The data of Jerusalem J1 includes that part of Jerusalem governorate which was annexed forcefully by Israel following its occupation of the West Bank in 1967.
**The data of the West Bank doesn't include that part of Jerusalem governorate which was annexed forcefully by Israel following its occupation of the West Bank in 1967.

NB:
Data collection of Consumer Price Index survey was funded by the European Union.


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