Jordan’s Department of Statistics (DoS) said its Wholesale Price Index (WPI) increased 1.55% in the first half of 2026 compared with the first half of 2025. The quarterly report, published on 20 September, also recorded a 1.98% year-on-year increase in the second quarter and a 1.10% rise from the first quarter. The figures describe three separate reference periods: a six-month comparison, Q2 against Q2 a year earlier, and Q2 against Q1.

The WPI tracks price changes at wholesale level. It is not the same as the Consumer Price Index, which tracks a household-oriented basket of purchased goods and services, or the Industrial Producer Price Index, which concerns prices received by industrial producers. The three indices can move differently because their covered transactions, items and weights differ. A wholesale increase therefore does not establish that consumers paid the same percentage more, nor that industrial producers received that exact increase.

The quarter-on-quarter rate was 1.10%, below the 1.98% annual rate for Q2, but the comparison bases differ. The annual rate compares Q2 2026 with Q2 2025; the quarterly rate compares Q2 2026 with Q1 2026. The first-half comparison also covers a longer window. These percentages should not be added together or described as a single trend without identifying each period. The release describes index changes, not absolute wholesale price levels or the price of a particular commodity.

Wholesale prices can inform monitoring of distribution costs and market conditions, but the headline figures do not show which goods or trade stages drove the movement. The DoS summary does not provide enough detail to attribute the rates to a specific cause or to estimate their pass-through to retail prices. Businesses face different contract terms and product mixes, while consumers purchase a different basket. The data can be compared with later releases and other price measures, but cannot alone explain household inflation or forecast future prices.

This account preserves the distinction between the first-half annual comparison, Q2’s annual change and Q2’s quarter-on-quarter change. All are observed changes reported by DoS for the stated periods. They are not forecasts and do not mean that all wholesale prices rose uniformly. A careful reading keeps the index name and period alongside every rate, then consults detailed source tables before drawing conclusions about sectors or individual goods.