Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)

Decrease in the Consumer Price Index during November, 11/2017

The overall CPI for Palestine during November 2017 decreased by 0.38% compared with October 2017 (by 0.96% in Gaza Strip, by 0.17% in the West Bank**, and by 0.16% in Jerusalem J1*).

The changes in Palestinian CPI for November 2017 is traced back to changes in prices of the following expenditure sub groups compared with previous month:

Sub Groups	Percent Change %
Dried Vegetables	– 8.72%
Fresh Poultry	– 6.36%
Fresh Vegetables	– 5.59%
Fresh Fruit	– 2.22%
Rice	– 0.61%
Liquid Fuel for Cars	– 0.45%
Potatoes and other Tubers	+ 3.15%
Gas	+ 2.38%
Fresh Fish	+ 2.17%
Eggs	+ 1.50%
Flour	+ 1.11%
Vegetable Oils	+ 0.73%

The Palestinian CPI during November 2017 increased by 0.67% compared with November 2016 (by 1.24% in Jerusalem J1*, and by 1.12% in Gaza Strip, while it decreased by 0.21% in the West Bank**).

The Palestinian CPI during the first eleven months of 2017 increased by 0.23% compared with the same period of the previous year (by 2.25% in Jerusalem J1*, and slightly increased by 0.09% in Gaza Strip and by 0.08% in the West Bank**).

The table below shows monthly percent changes in CPI by region for the period

January – November 2017:

Month	Monthly Percent Change
	Palestine	West Bank**	Gaza Strip	Jerusal-em J1*
January	+ 0.14	+ 0.03	+ 0.38	+ 1.02
February	+ 0.62	+ 0.78	+ 0.40	+ 0.35
March	+ 1.08	+ 0.22	+ 2.33	– 0.70
April	– 0.50	– 1.01	+ 0.13	+ 0.61
May	– 0.84	– 0.50	– 1.62	– 0.17
June	– 0.96	– 0.90	– 1.61	– 0.29
July	– 0.15	+ 0.36	– 0.58	– 0.13
August	+ 0.56	+ 0.57	+ 0.31	+ 0.47
September	+ 0.65	+ 0.14	+ 1.39	+ 0.28
October	+ 0.20	– 0.08	+ 0.65	+ 0.08
November	– 0.38	– 0.17	– 0.96	– 0.16

The trend line of Consumer Price Index in Palestine for

 November 2016 – November 2017

(Base Year 2010=100)