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PCBS | PCBS: The Consumer Price Index During, February, 02/2020.

Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)

Slight Decrease in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) during February,02/2020

The overall CPI for Palestine during February 2020 slightly decreased by 0.07% compared with January 2020 (by 0.37% in Gaza Strip, and by 0.13% in Jerusalem J1*, while it slightly increased by 0.04% in the West Bank**).

The changes in Palestinian CPI for February 2020 were traced back to changes in prices of the following expenditure sub groups compared with previous month:

Sub Groups

Percent Change

Fresh Vegetables

- 5.85%

Potatoes and other Tubers

- 4.43%

Liquid Fuel for Car "Petrol"

- 2.35%

Dried Vegetables

+ 14.58%

Fresh Fruit

+ 6.42%

Gas

+ 2.32%


The Palestinian CPI during February 2020 increased by 1.24% compared with February 2019 (by 3.59% in Jerusalem J1*, by 1.13% in the West Bank**, and by 0.23% in Gaza Strip).


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.




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