Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)

Increase in the Consumer Price Index during October , 10/2017                   

Increase in the CPI during October 2017

The overall CPI for Palestine during October 2017 increased by 0.20% compared with September 2017 (by 0.65% in Gaza Strip, and slightly increased by 0.08% in Jerusalem J1*, while it slightly decreased by 0.08% in the West Bank**).

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

Sub Groups	Percent Change %
Dried Vegetables	+ 7.48%
Potatoes and other Tubers	+ 3.57%
Liquid Fuel for House	+ 3.49%
Liquid Fuel for Cars	+ 2.27%
Flour	+ 0.90%
Fresh Meat	+ 0.66%
Gas	+ 0.65%
Fresh Fruit	+ 0.53%
Fresh Fish	– 1.98%
Rice	– 1.39%

The Palestinian CPI during October 2017 increased by 0.97% compared with October 2016 (by 2.37% in Gaza Strip, and by 1.30% in Jerusalem J1*, while it decreased by 0.16% in the West Bank**).

The Palestinian CPI during the first ten months of 2017 increased by 0.19% compared with the same period of the previous year (by 2.35% in Jerusalem J1*, and by 0.11% in the West Bank**, while it slightly decreased by 0.01% in Gaza Strip).

The table below shows monthly percent changes in CPI by region

for the period January – October 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

The trend line of Consumer Price Index in Palestine for October 2016 – October 2017

(Base Year 2010=100)