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 "generated": "2026-10-24",
 "source": "PriceGate shared anonymous price history (global_price_history), Amazon.ae, AED only",
 "method": "All Amazon.ae products with AED prices in at least 4 calendar months (177 products; the eligible pool was 177, so no further sampling). For each product and month we take the median of its recorded prices, then compare each month with the previous month. Up = more than +1%, down = less than -1%, otherwise flat. Categories are a rough keyword match on product titles. No user data is included.",
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 "months_covered": [
  "2026-01",
  "2026-02",
  "2026-03",
  "2026-04",
  "2026-05",
  "2026-06",
  "2026-07",
  "2026-08",
  "2026-09",
  "2026-10"
 ],
 "data_through": "2026-10-24 (October is partial)",
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   "products": 40,
   "share_up": 0.15,
   "share_down": 0.3,
   "share_flat": 0.55,
   "median_change_pct": 0.0,
   "mean_change_pct": 2.95,
   "trimmed_mean_10pct": -0.42,
   "month": "2026-02",
   "vs": "2026-01"
  },
  {
   "products": 99,
   "share_up": 0.545,
   "share_down": 0.101,
   "share_flat": 0.354,
   "median_change_pct": 4.79,
   "mean_change_pct": 24.61,
   "trimmed_mean_10pct": 18.69,
   "month": "2026-03",
   "vs": "2026-02"
  },
  {
   "products": 94,
   "share_up": 0.383,
   "share_down": 0.319,
   "share_flat": 0.298,
   "median_change_pct": 0.0,
   "mean_change_pct": 4.92,
   "trimmed_mean_10pct": 1.32,
   "month": "2026-04",
   "vs": "2026-03"
  },
  {
   "products": 109,
   "share_up": 0.239,
   "share_down": 0.45,
   "share_flat": 0.312,
   "median_change_pct": 0.0,
   "mean_change_pct": -0.23,
   "trimmed_mean_10pct": -2.52,
   "month": "2026-05",
   "vs": "2026-04"
  },
  {
   "products": 126,
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   "share_down": 0.206,
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   "median_change_pct": 0.0,
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   "trimmed_mean_10pct": 3.27,
   "month": "2026-06",
   "vs": "2026-05"
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   "products": 133,
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   "share_down": 0.286,
   "share_flat": 0.429,
   "median_change_pct": 0.0,
   "mean_change_pct": -1.01,
   "trimmed_mean_10pct": -0.54,
   "month": "2026-07",
   "vs": "2026-06"
  },
  {
   "products": 128,
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   "share_down": 0.422,
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   "median_change_pct": 0.0,
   "mean_change_pct": 0.15,
   "trimmed_mean_10pct": -2.19,
   "month": "2026-08",
   "vs": "2026-07"
  },
  {
   "products": 129,
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   "share_down": 0.24,
   "share_flat": 0.364,
   "median_change_pct": 0.0,
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   "month": "2026-09",
   "vs": "2026-08"
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   "products": 133,
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   "share_down": 0.271,
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   "vs": "2026-09"
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   "month": "2026-01",
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  {
   "month": "2026-02",
   "index": 100.0
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   "month": "2026-03",
   "index": 104.79
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  {
   "month": "2026-04",
   "index": 104.79
  },
  {
   "month": "2026-05",
   "index": 104.79
  },
  {
   "month": "2026-06",
   "index": 104.79
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  {
   "month": "2026-07",
   "index": 104.79
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  {
   "month": "2026-08",
   "index": 104.79
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  {
   "month": "2026-09",
   "index": 104.79
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   "month": "2026-10",
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  "share_up": 0.557,
  "share_down": 0.357
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     "share_down": 0.182,
     "share_flat": 0.545,
     "median_change_pct": 0.0,
     "mean_change_pct": -6.91,
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    {
     "month": "2026-07",
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     "share_down": 0.375,
     "share_flat": 0.375,
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     "month": "2026-10",
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     "share_down": 0.667,
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     "share_flat": 0.5,
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