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
  August 2021 to August 2022
  % change
Main contributors to the 12-month change  
Main upward contributors  
Gasoline 22.1
Homeowners' replacement cost 8.4
Purchase of passenger vehicles 7.3
Food purchased from restaurants 7.4
Other owned accommodation expenses 7.4
Main downward contributors  
Video equipment -10.8
Digital computing equipment and devices -11.0
Passenger vehicle registration fees -28.2
Telephone services -2.6
Child care and housekeeping services -2.7
  July to August 2022
  % change
Main contributors to the 1-month change, not seasonally adjusted  
Main upward contributors  
Mortgage interest cost 2.4
Non-alcoholic beverages 4.8
Tools and other household equipment 2.8
Other food preparations 2.6
Paper, plastic and aluminum foil supplies 4.2
Main downward contributors  
Gasoline -9.6
Purchase of recreational vehicles and outboard motors -3.7
Other owned accommodation expenses -1.1
Natural gas -3.8
Fuel oil and other fuels -7.8
Source(s):
Table 18-10-0004-01.
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