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
  September 2017 to September 2018
  % change
Main contributors to the 12-month change  
Main upward contributors  
Gasoline 12.0
Food purchased from restaurants 4.3
Mortgage interest cost 6.4
Air transportation 7.4
Passenger vehicle insurance premiums 3.2
Main downward contributors  
Traveller accommodation -5.1
Travel tours -4.4
Natural gas -5.2
Telephone services -1.4
Prescribed medicines -2.9
  August to September 2018
  % change
Main contributors to the 1-month change, not seasonally adjusted  
Main upward contributors  
Tuition fees 3.1
Women's clothing 3.4
Footwear 2.5
Men's clothing 2.3
Mortgage interest cost 0.6
Main downward contributors  
Air transportation -16.6
Traveller accommodation -6.2
Purchase of passenger vehicles -1.2
Gasoline -1.1
Travel tours -3.4
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