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 2019 to February 2020
  % change
Main contributors to the 12-month change  
Main upward contributors  
Passenger vehicle insurance premiums 8.1
Gasoline 7.0
Rent 2.7
Mortgage interest cost 4.7
Purchase of passenger vehicles 2.2
Main downward contributors  
Telephone services -7.5
Tuition fees -3.6
Traveller accommodation -3.1
Household appliances -2.8
Digital computing equipment and devices -3.3
  January to February 2020
  % change
Main contributors to the 1-month change, not seasonally adjusted  
Main upward contributors  
Travel tours 24.4
Purchase of passenger vehicles 1.3
Rent 0.7
Women's clothing 1.9
Men's clothing 1.8
Main downward contributors  
Gasoline -2.0
Fresh fruit -5.1
Digital computing equipment and devices -3.8
Fuel oil and other fuels -7.0
Meat -0.9
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