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PCBS | PCBS: The Consumer Price Index During, July, 07/2019

Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)

Increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) during July, 07/2019


The overall CPI for Palestine during July 2019 increased by 0.18% compared with June 2019 (by 0.32% in the West Bank**, and by 0.16% in Jerusalem J1*, while it decreased by 0.38% in Gaza Strip).

The changes in Palestinian CPI for July 2019 is traced back to changes in prices of the following expenditure sub groups compared with previous month:

Sub Groups

Percent Change

Fresh Fruit

+ 9.23%

Potatoes and other Tubers

+ 8.89%

Fresh Vegetables

+ 1.17%

Rice

+ 1.09%

Gas

+ 0.71%

Eggs

- 5.79%

Fresh Chicken

- 2.96%

Fish, Live, Fresh, Chilled, or Frozen

- 1.71%

Vegetable Oil

- 1.17%


The Palestinian CPI during July 2019 increased by 1.53% compared with July 2018 (by 1.88% in Jerusalem J1*, by 1.33% in the West Bank**, and by 0.18% in Gaza Strip).

The table shows monthly percent changes in CPI by Palestinian regions for the months: January – July 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

June 2019

- 0.48

- 0.34

- 1.26

- 0.01

July 2019

+ 0.18

+ 0.32

- 0.38

+ 0.16


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