CBS: The consumer price index rose by 0.6% in March
Significant price increases were recorded in clothing and footwear prices, where the index rose by 4.6%.
A significant decrease in prices was recorded in the prices of fresh vegetables and fruits, which fell by 2.5%.
Apartment prices rose by 1.8%, thus completing an increase of 15.2%
Between Ashkenazi
15/04/2022
Friday, 15 April 2022, 13:49 Updated: 14:02
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The Central Bureau of Statistics published today (Friday) the consumer price index for March.
According to the CBS, the consumer price index rose by 0.6% in March 2022, when from the beginning of the year the consumer price index rose by 1.5% and in the last 12 months (March 2022 compared to March 2021) the consumer price index rose by 3.5%.
Price increases Prominence was recorded in clothing and footwear prices with a rise of 4.6%, and prices also rose in culture and entertainment expenditure - where the index rose by 2.1% and transportation prices rose by 1.6%. At 2.5%.
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Interim: change in housing market prices
Another interesting figure that is not related to the index but published today by the CBS relates to housing prices.
According to the CBS, housing prices rose by 1.8%, thus completing an increase of 15.2% compared to the same period last year (January 2021 - February 2021).
In the segmentation of changes in housing prices by district in January 2022 - February 2022 compared with December 2021 - January 2022, price increases were recorded in all districts: Central (2.4%), Jerusalem (2.2%), Haifa (2.1%), North (1.6%), South (1.5%) and Tel Aviv (1.3%).
In the segmentation of changes in housing prices by district compared with the corresponding period last year, January 2022 - February 2022 compared with January 2021 - February 2021, double-digit price increases were recorded in all districts: Central (17.7%), Jerusalem (16.4%), Tel Aviv (14.5%), Haifa (13.2%), South (12.0%) and North (11.5%).
In the price index of new dwellings, it was found that their prices increased by 5.1% in January 2022 - February 2022 compared with December 2021 - January 2022, thus completing an increase of 17.8% compared with the corresponding period last year (January 2021 - February 2021).
The percentage of transactions carried out with government support and participated in the calculation is 13.1%, compared with 20.5% in the previous period (December 2021 - January 2022).
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