Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)
Decrease in the Consumer Price Index during June, 06/2017
The overall CPI for Palestine during June 2017 decreased by 0.96% compared with May 2017 (by 1.61% in Gaza Strip, by 0.90% in the West Bank**, and by 0.29% in Jerusalem J1*).
The changes in Palestinian CPI for June 2017 is traced back to changes in prices of the following expenditure sub groups compared with previous month:
| Sub Groups | Percent Change |
| Fresh Vegetables | – 13.06% |
| Fresh Fruit | – 12.50% |
| Eggs | – 5.71% |
| Potatoes and other Tubers | – 4.65% |
| Dried Vegetables | – 3.32% |
| Fresh fish | – 1.70% |
| Gas | – 1.56% |
| Rice | – 1.38% |
The Palestinian CPI during June 2017 decreased by 0.68% compared with June 2016 (by 1.66% in Gaza Strip, by 0.41% in the West Bank**, while it increased by 1.38% in Jerusalem J1*).
The Palestinian CPI during the first half of 2017 increased by 0.45% compared with the same period of the previous year (by 3.00% in Jerusalem J1*, by 0.73% in the West Bank**, while it decreased by 0.11% in Gaza Strip).
The table below shows monthly percent change in CPI by region for the period
January – June 2017:
| Month | Monthly Percent Change | |||
| Palestine | West Bank* | Gaza Strip | Jerusal-em J1* | |
| Jan. | + 0.14 | + 0.03 | + 0.38 | + 1.02 |
| Feb. | + 0.62 | + 0.78 | + 0.40 | + 0.35 |
| Mar. | + 1.08 | + 0.22 | + 2.33 | – 0.70 |
| Apr. | – 0.50 | – 1.01 | + 0.13 | + 0.61 |
| May. | – 0.84 | – 0.50 | – 1.62 | – 0.17 |
| Jun. | – 0.96 | – 0.90 | – 1.61 | – 0.29 |
The trend line of Consumer Price Index in Palestine for June 2016 – June 2017
(Base Year 2010=100)
