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Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)
Palestinian Consumer Price Index, August, 2015/08
Increase in the CPI during August 2015 compared with previous month
The overall Consumer Price Index (CPI) for Palestine during August 2015 increased by 0.24% compared with July 2015 (by 0.76% in Gaza Strip, while it decreased by 0.37% in Jerusalem J1*, and by 0.02% in the West Bank).
The CPI during August 2015 increased by 0.42% compared with August 2014 (by 1.19% in the West Bank, 0.73% in Jerusalem J1*, while it decreased by 0.88% in Gaza Strip).
The CPI during the first eight months of 2015 increased by 1.39% compared with the same period of the previous year (by 1.77% in Gaza Strip, 0.86% in the West Bank, and by 0.34% in Jerusalem J1*).
The change in Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Palestine for August 2015 is traced back to changes in prices of the following expenditure sub groups compared with previous month:
|
Sub Groups |
Change |
|
Potatoes and other Tubers |
+ 9.27% |
|
Fresh Vegetables |
+ 5.47% |
|
Fresh Meat |
+ 5.02% |
|
Dried Vegetables |
+ 3.62% |
|
Vegetable Oils |
+ 2.61% |
|
Fresh Poultry |
+ 1.78% |
|
Fresh Fruits |
- 11.59% |
|
Liquid Fuel for House |
- 5.13% |
|
Liquid Fuel for Cars |
- 4.15% |
|
Eggs |
- 3.96% |
|
Gas |
- 1.09% |
The trend line for the consumer price index in Palestine for August 2014 – August 2015
(Base Year 2010=100)
Note:
Jerusalem J1*: those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israel in 1967
The data of West Bank doesn't cover Jerusalem J1*.
Data collection of Consumer Price Index survey was funded by the European Union.