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Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)
Increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) during May,05/2019
Increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) during May,05/2019
The overall CPI for Palestine during May 2019 increased by 0.43% compared with April 2019 (by 1.89% in Jerusalem J1*, and by 1.12% in Gaza Strip, while it decreased by 0.14% in the West Bank**).
The changes in Palestinian CPI for May 2019
is traced back to changes in prices of the following expenditure sub groups compared with previous month:
|
Sub Groups |
Percent Change |
|
Personal Care, Social Protection and Miscellaneous Goods and Services |
+ 8.63% |
|
Restaurants' and Accommodation Services |
+ 1.15% |
|
Clothing and Footwear |
+ 1.12% |
|
Dried Vegetables |
- 19.95% |
|
Fresh Vegetables |
- 16.58% |
|
Potatoes and other Tubers |
- 9.75% |
|
Eggs |
- 5.26% |
|
Fresh Fruit |
- 1.86% |
|
Fresh Chicken |
- 1.13% |
|
Gas |
- 0.73% |
The Palestinian CPI during May 2019 increased by 2.82% compared with May 2018 (by 2.83% in Gaza Strip, by 2.43% in Jerusalem J1*, and by 2.37% in the West Bank**).
The table shows monthly percent changes in CPI by Palestinian regions for the months: January – May 2019:
|
Month |
Monthly Percent Change |
|||
|
Palestine |
West Bank* |
Gaza Strip |
Jerusal-em J1* |
|
|
January 2019 |
+ 0.01 |
+ 0.01 |
+ 0.15 |
- 0.19 |
|
February 2019 |
- 0.05 |
+ 0.17 |
- 0.57 |
- 0.49 |
|
March 2019 |
+ 0.85 |
+ 0.88 |
+ 0.89 |
+ 0.57 |
|
April 2019 |
+ 0.85 |
+ 1.09 |
+ 0.07 |
+ 0.76 |
|
May 2019 |
+ 0.43 |
- 0.14 |
+ 1.12 |
+ 1.89 |
Notice:
• The base year of Consumer Price Index has been updated to be 2018.
• Reliance on the new version of the Classification of Individual Consumption according to Purpose COICOP – 2018 issued by the United Nation Statistic Division (UNSD), to classify major groups, commodities' and services consumed.
Notes:
*Data represent 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.
• The base year of Consumer Price Index has been updated to be 2018.
• Reliance on the new version of the Classification of Individual Consumption according to Purpose COICOP – 2018 issued by the United Nation Statistic Division (UNSD), to classify major groups, commodities' and services consumed.
Notes:
*Data represent 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.