{"schema_version":"1.0","last_updated":"2026-08-17","publication_rule":"Only values tied to a named primary official source and an explicit reference period are promoted. Survey status, geography, unit, instrument and vintage are treated as part of the observation.","room":{"country":"Palestine","slug":"palestine","status":"country-room-live","headline":"One national CPI, three radically different price realities.","dek":"Palestine's room treats geographic perimeter as indispensable metadata. Current official price evidence for Gaza, the West Bank and Jerusalem J1 moves in radically different directions, while the latest labour-force release is explicitly West Bank-only.","indicators":[{"label":"CPI — Palestine overall","value":"-40.04","unit":"% y/y","period":"Jun 2026","release_date":"14 Jul 2026","source":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics","source_url":"https://www.pcbs.gov.ps/en/post-details/?postId=26333","vintage":"checked 17 Aug 2026","definition":"Overall Palestinian CPI annual change. Must be read with the geographic components because Gaza, West Bank and Jerusalem J1 moved in opposite directions."},{"label":"CPI — West Bank","value":"1.31","unit":"% y/y","period":"Jun 2026","release_date":"14 Jul 2026","source":"PCBS","source_url":"https://www.pcbs.gov.ps/en/post-details/?postId=26333","vintage":"checked 17 Aug 2026","definition":"West Bank CPI annual change; PCBS footnote excludes the parts of Jerusalem annexed in 1967."},{"label":"CPI — Gaza Strip","value":"-62.77","unit":"% y/y","period":"Jun 2026","release_date":"14 Jul 2026","source":"PCBS","source_url":"https://www.pcbs.gov.ps/en/post-details/?postId=26333","vintage":"checked 17 Aug 2026","definition":"Gaza Strip CPI annual change after extraordinary wartime price levels in the prior comparison period."},{"label":"CPI — Jerusalem J1","value":"2.31","unit":"% y/y","period":"Jun 2026","release_date":"14 Jul 2026","source":"PCBS","source_url":"https://www.pcbs.gov.ps/en/post-details/?postId=26333","vintage":"checked 17 Aug 2026","definition":"Jerusalem J1 CPI annual change; PCBS defines J1 as those parts of Jerusalem annexed in 1967."},{"label":"Unemployment — West Bank","value":"29.5","unit":"%","period":"Q1 2026","release_date":"14 May 2026","source":"PCBS","source_url":"https://www.pcbs.gov.ps/en/post-details/?postId=25981","vintage":"checked 17 Aug 2026","definition":"Unemployment among West Bank labour-force participants aged 15+ under ICLS-19. Not a current all-Palestine unemployment rate."},{"label":"Labour underutilization — West Bank","value":"32.3","unit":"%","period":"Q1 2026","release_date":"14 May 2026","source":"PCBS","source_url":"https://www.pcbs.gov.ps/en/post-details/?postId=25981","vintage":"checked 17 Aug 2026","definition":"Total labour underutilization in the West Bank."},{"label":"Male participation — West Bank","value":"70.1","unit":"%","period":"Q1 2026","release_date":"14 May 2026","source":"PCBS","source_url":"https://www.pcbs.gov.ps/en/post-details/?postId=25981","vintage":"checked 17 Aug 2026","definition":"Male labour-force participation in the West Bank."},{"label":"Female participation — West Bank","value":"17.5","unit":"%","period":"Q1 2026","release_date":"14 May 2026","source":"PCBS","source_url":"https://www.pcbs.gov.ps/en/post-details/?postId=25981","vintage":"checked 17 Aug 2026","definition":"Female labour-force participation in the West Bank."}],"sources":[{"domain":"Prices","producer":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)","release":"Consumer Price Index","frequency":"monthly","format":"web / PDF / tables","archive_quality":"strong","url":"https://www.pcbs.gov.ps/"},{"domain":"Labour","producer":"PCBS","release":"Labour Force Survey","frequency":"quarterly / special rounds","format":"web / PDF / tables","archive_quality":"strong","url":"https://www.pcbs.gov.ps/"},{"domain":"National accounts","producer":"PCBS","release":"Quarterly and annual national accounts","frequency":"quarterly / annual","format":"web / PDF / tables","archive_quality":"strong","url":"https://www.pcbs.gov.ps/"},{"domain":"Monetary / FX","producer":"Palestine Monetary Authority","release":"Monetary, banking and exchange-rate statistics","frequency":"daily / monthly / quarterly","format":"web / XLS / PDF","archive_quality":"strong","url":"https://www.pma.ps/"},{"domain":"Trade / external","producer":"PCBS","release":"External trade statistics","frequency":"monthly / annual","format":"web / tables","archive_quality":"strong","url":"https://www.pcbs.gov.ps/"}],"measurement_notes":[{"id":"PSE-M01","question":"Can the -40.04% national CPI headline be read as a single household price experience?","answer":"No. In June 2026 the overall annual change combined Gaza at -62.77%, the West Bank at +1.31% and Jerusalem J1 at +2.31%. Geography is part of the variable definition, not a footnote."},{"id":"PSE-M02","question":"Does a negative Gaza annual CPI change mean prices are simply cheap?","answer":"No. PCBS states that the decline followed unprecedented wartime price levels. A year-on-year fall can reflect an extreme comparison base rather than normal price conditions."},{"id":"PSE-M03","question":"Is the Q1 2026 unemployment rate a Palestine-wide rate?","answer":"No. The current release used here is explicitly a West Bank Labour Force Survey round. The page never silently relabels a West Bank statistic as national."},{"id":"PSE-M04","question":"What is Jerusalem J1?","answer":"PCBS defines J1 as the parts of Jerusalem annexed in 1967. The West Bank figure in the same CPI release excludes those parts."},{"id":"PSE-M05","question":"What currency are the CPI prices collected in?","answer":"PCBS states that prices are collected in New Israeli Shekels and separately supplies the monthly average USD/NIS exchange rate. Currency context and price-index geography are therefore preserved separately."}],"ledger":[{"released":"14 Jul 2026","indicator":"CPI","reference":"Jun 2026","first":"Palestine -40.04% y/y; Gaza -62.77%; West Bank +1.31%; Jerusalem J1 +2.31%","current":"same preserved official release","revised":"No revision observed in source consulted","url":"https://www.pcbs.gov.ps/en/post-details/?postId=26333"},{"released":"14 May 2026","indicator":"Labour Force Survey","reference":"West Bank Q1 2026","first":"Unemployment 29.5%; underutilization 32.3%","current":"same preserved official release","revised":"Perimeter is West Bank, not all Palestine","url":"https://www.pcbs.gov.ps/en/post-details/?postId=25981"}],"findings":[{"id":"PSE-001","title":"The national inflation headline is an aggregation trap.","body":"June 2026 annual CPI fell 40.04% for Palestine overall, but the component geographies moved very differently: Gaza fell 62.77% after extreme prior-year price levels, while the West Bank rose 1.31% and Jerusalem J1 rose 2.31%.","why":"A national aggregate can erase the sign, magnitude and lived meaning of regional price dynamics."},{"id":"PSE-002","title":"The latest labour headline is West Bank evidence, not a national Palestinian labour reading.","body":"PCBS reports 29.5% unemployment and 32.3% total labour underutilization for West Bank labour-force participants aged 15+ in Q1 2026. The geographic perimeter is explicit in the release.","why":"Conflict-related data availability makes perimeter discipline especially important: missing Gaza coverage cannot be filled by relabelling West Bank observations."}],"program":[{"id":"PSE-001","title":"One CPI, three geographies","state":"published-room finding","description":"Preserve overall, Gaza, West Bank and Jerusalem J1 CPI as separate evidence objects."},{"id":"PSE-002","title":"West Bank labour perimeter audit","state":"active","description":"Track exactly which labour releases cover the West Bank, Gaza or both."},{"id":"PSE-003","title":"Conflict-era base-effect ledger","state":"active","description":"Separate current price movement from extreme wartime comparison bases."},{"id":"PSE-004","title":"Currency-context registry","state":"queued","description":"Attach NIS collection currency and PMA exchange-rate context without conflating price and FX effects."},{"id":"PSE-005","title":"What was statistically observable?","state":"queued","description":"Map geographic data availability through conflict periods and preserve gaps as gaps."}],"downloads":[],"status_box":{"primary_agencies_mapped":"2","active_release_series":"5","archived_source_releases":"0","revision_history":"geography baseline active","definition_audit":"CPI + labour active","independent_reproduction":"pending","last_checked":"17 Aug 2026"}}}