May 14, 2018 - Increase in the CPI during April, 04/2018. The overall CPI for Palestine during April. 2018 increased by
State of Palestine Published on: 14/05/2018
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
Palestinian Consumer Price Index (CPI) CPI during April, 04/2018
Gaza Strip, and by 1.17% in the West Bank**, while it slightly increased by 0.03% in
Increase in the CPI during April, 04/2018
Jerusalem J1*).
The overall CPI for Palestine during April
The table shows monthly percent changes in
2018 increased by 0.32% compared with
CPI by Palestinian regions for the period
March 2018 (by 0.70% in Jerusalem J1*, and by
January – April 2018:
0.57% in the West Bank**, while it slightly decreased by 0.31% in Gaza Strip).
Month
traced back to changes in prices of the following expenditure sub groups compared with previous month: Sub Groups
Percent Change + 13.23%
Fresh Fish
+ 7.00%
Potatoes and other Tubers
+ 1.41%
Fresh Meat
+ 0.85%
Flour
+ 0.74%
Dried Vegetables
- 9.56%
Fresh Vegetables
- 4.60%
Gas
- 3.19%
Fresh Poultry
- 2.09%
The
Palestinian
CPI
during
April
2018
decreased by 1.31% compared with April 2017
The trend line of Consumer Price Index in Palestine for the period: April 2017 – April 2018 (Base Year 2010 = 100)
115 114 113 112 111 110 109 108 107 106 105
111.98 110.52
18 r.20 Ap .2018 r Ma .2018 Feb.2018 Jan .2017 c De 017 v.2 No 2017 t. Oc .2017 p Se 017 g.2 Au 017 .2 Jul .2017 Jun .2017 y Ma 2017 r. Ap
Fresh Fruit
January 2018 February 2018 March 2018 Q1. 2018 April 2018
Consumer Price Index CPI
The changes in Palestinian CPI for April 2018 is
Monthly Percent Change Palestine West Gaza JerusalBank** Strip em J1* - 0.13 + 0.16 + 0.37 -0.27 - 0.05 + 0.06 - 0.27 - 0.22 - 0.12 - 0.09 - 0.51 - 0.09 - 1.12 - 1.45 - 1.09 - 0.04 + 0.32 + 0.57 - 0.31 + 0.70
Notes: *Data include those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israeli Occupation in 1967.
**Data exclude those parts of Jerusalem which were
(by 3.57% in Gaza Strip, and by 0.32% in the
annexed by Israeli Occupation in 1967.
West Bank**, while it increased by 0.27% in
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Jerusalem J1*). The Palestinian CPI during the first four months of 2018 decreased by 1.17% compared with the same period of the previous year (by 1.71% in
