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Rising prices continue: The consumer price index jumped 0.4% in July
Significant price increases were recorded in the previous month in the items of transportation and culture and entertainment, along with price decreases in the areas of clothing and footwear and vegetables and fruits.
Since the beginning of the year, the consumer price index has risen by 2.0% and compared to the previous July, the index has risen by 1.9%
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Sonia Gorodisky
Sunday, 15 August 2021, 19:04 Updated: 19:39
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The consumer price index rose by 0.4% last July, the Central Bureau of Statistics announced tonight (Sunday).
Notable price increases were recorded in transportation items, where an increase of 1.6% was measured and culture and entertainment, where an increase of 0.9% was measured.
Significant price decreases were recorded in the clothing and footwear items, which showed a decrease of 4.7% and vegetables and fruits - 0.7%.
Since the beginning of the year, the consumer price index has risen by 2.0% and in the last 12 months (July 2021 compared to July 2020), the consumer price index has risen by 1.9%.
There has also been an increase in housing market prices, which are not part of the consumer price index.
Comparing the prices of transactions made in May-June, compared with the prices of transactions made in April-May, it was found that apartment prices rose by 0.6%.
Thus, prices completed an increase of 7.7% compared to the same period last year (May 2020-June 2020).
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In the segmentation of changes in housing prices by district in May-June compared with April-May, price increases were found in the following districts: North 1.5%, South 1.0%, Central 0.9%, Haifa 0.6% and Tel Aviv 0.2%. In contrast, the Jerusalem District recorded a decrease of 0.3%.
In the segmentation of changes in housing prices by districts compared to the corresponding period last year, May-June compared to May 2020 - June 2020, price increases were recorded in all districts: North (11.6%), Jerusalem (7.2%), Tel Aviv (7.1%), South ( 7.0%), Haifa (6.8%) and Central (6.6%).
In the price index of new dwellings, it was found that their prices increased in May 2021 - June 2021 compared with April-May by 3.2%, thus completing an increase of 9.2% compared to the corresponding period last year (May 2020 - June 2020). The percentage of transactions carried out with government support and participated in the calculation is 19.9%, compared with 24.1% in the previous period (April 2021 - May 2021).
The national average price of a transaction for the purchase of an apartment in the second quarter of 2021 was NIS 1,653.1 thousand.
In the previous quarter, the average price was NIS 1,704.9 thousand.
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