Table 5 
Main contributors to the 12-month and 1-month change in the Consumer Price Index 

Main contributors to the 12-month and 1-month change in the Consumer Price Index
  May 2017 to May 2018
Main contributors to the 12-month change  
Main upward contributors  
Gasoline 22.9
Food purchased from restaurants 4.5
Mortgage interest cost 3.8
Air transportation 8.5
Homeowners' replacement cost 2.0
Main downward contributors  
Telephone services -7.1
Traveller accommodation -4.2
Natural gas -5.5
Digital computing equipment and devices -6.5
Furniture -2.2
  April to May 2018
Main contributors to the 1-month change, not seasonally adjusted  
Main upward contributors  
Travel tours 12.6
Gasoline 3.3
Traveller accommodation 9.2
Fresh fruit 3.8
Passenger vehicle insurance premiums 0.9
Main downward contributors  
Purchase of passenger vehicles -1.5
Telephone services -4.3
Meat -1.2
Electricity -1.0
Women's clothing -1.2
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