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PCBS | PCBS: The Consumer Price Index During December,12/2012

Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)

 Palestinian Consumer Price Index, December, 12/2012

Stability in the CPI during December 2012 compared with previous month

The overall Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the Palestinian Territory during December 2012 decreased by 0.01% compared with November 2012 (decreased by 0.25% in the Jerusalem J1*, while it increased by 1.27% in Gaza Strip, and by 0.02% in the West Bank).

 The CPI during December 2012 increased by 1.72% compared with December 2011 (2.71% in the West Bank, 3.15% in Jerusalem J1*, 0.55% in Gaza Strip).

 The change in Consumer Price Index (CPI) for December 2012 is traced back to changes in prices of the following expenditure sub groups compared to the previous month:

 

Sub Groups

%Change

Fresh vegetables

- 6.24%

Fresh fruit

- 1.40%

Fuel for transportation

- 0.55%

  The trend line for the consumer price index in the Palestinian Territory for 2004 – 2012

 

 

Note:

* Jerusalem J1:  those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israel in 1967

The data of West Bank doesn't cover Jerusalem J1.

 

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