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
  February 2018 to February 2019
  % change
Main contributors to the 12-month change  
Main upward contributors  
Mortgage interest cost 8.1
Passenger vehicle insurance premiums 6.3
Fresh vegetables 14.3
Rent 2.5
Food purchased from restaurants 2.7
Main downward contributors  
Gasoline -11.9
Internet access services -9.2
Traveller accommodation -4.7
Travel tours -3.4
Digital computing equipment and devices -4.7
  January to February 2019
  % change
Main contributors to the 1-month change, not seasonally adjusted  
Main upward contributors  
Travel tours 12.6
Purchase of passenger vehicles 1.3
Gasoline 1.9
Women's clothing 3.1
Footwear 3.6
Main downward contributors  
Internet access services -7.4
Food purchased from restaurants -0.3
Air transportation -0.6
Preserved fruit and fruit preparations -2.1
Sugar and confectionary -1.2
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