March CPI reading lower than expected
Israel’s Buyer Selling price Index (CPI) rose .6% in March, the Central Bureau of Statistics claimed this afternoon, under the economists’ expectation of .8%. Inflation in excess of the past 12 months continues to be at 3.5%, however perfectly earlier mentioned the Financial institution of Israel’s annual concentrate on array for inflation of in between 1% and 3%.

Thanks to the sharp increase in commodity costs subsequent the Russian invasion of Ukraine, earlier this 7 days the Lender of Israel revised its inflation forecast for 2022 sharply upwards from 2% to 3.6%. The Bank of Israel sees 2% inflation in 2023.

Between the outstanding rises in selling prices in March, clothing and footwear rose 4.6%, society and enjoyment rose 2.1%, and transportation rose 1.6%. Among the the outstanding value falls in March, clean fruit and vegetable prices fell 2.5%.

Housing selling prices rose 1.8% in January-February when compared with December-January and have risen 15.2% over the previous 12 months.

In January-February as opposed with December-January, housing charges in central Israel rose 2.4%, in Jerusalem (2.2%), Haifa (2.1%), northern Israel (1.6%), southern Israel (1.5%), and in Tel Aviv (1.3%).

More than the 12 months prior to January-February housing costs rose 17.7% in central Israel, in Jerusalem (16.4%), Tel Aviv (14.5%), Haifa (13.2%), southern Israel (12.5%) and northern Israel (11.5%).

Published by Globes, Israel business news – en.globes.co.il – on April 15, 2022.

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