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

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Main contributors to the 12-month and 1-month change in the Consumer Price Index
  February 2020 to February 2021
  % change
Main contributors to the 12-month change  
Main upward contributors  
Homeowners' replacement cost 7.0
Purchase of passenger vehicles 2.8
Gasoline 5.0
Food purchased from restaurants 2.9
Other owned accommodation expenses 5.2
Main downward contributors  
Telephone services -11.4
Mortgage interest cost -5.4
Traveller accommodation -18.0
Women's clothing -7.0
Men's clothing -7.8
  January to February 2021
  % change
Main contributors to the 1-month change, not seasonally adjusted  
Main upward contributors  
Gasoline 6.5
Purchase of passenger vehicles 1.3
Homeowners' replacement cost 1.0
Electricity 1.7
Bakery products 3.4
Main downward contributors  
Telephone services -4.8
Mortgage interest cost -0.9
Meat -1.4
Sporting and exercise equipment -14.1
Non-alcoholic beverages -2.0
Source(s):
Table 18-10-0004-01.
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