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Slight Increases in March Price Input Indexes

Israel's March 2026 input price indexes reveal a 0.2% rise in residential construction costs and a 0.8% increase for bus services.

April 16, 2026 at 8:00 pm Gil Tanenbaum Economy

Jerusalem, 16 April, 2026 (TPS-IL) — Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics released the data on the “Input Price Index” for March-2026.

In March there was:

· 0.2% increase in the residential construction Input Price index March 2026
· 0.1% increase in the commercial and office construction input Price Index March 2026
· 0.1% decrease in the paving and bridging input price index March 2026 · 0.3% decrease in the agriculture input price index March 2026
· 0.8% increase in the bus input price index for the entire population March 2026
· 0.8% increase in the fixed-route bus input price index March 2026
· 0.7% increase in the minibus input price index March 2026

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