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 2022 to February 2023
  % change
Main contributors to the 12-month change  
Main upward contributors  
Mortgage interest cost 23.9
Food purchased from restaurants 7.7
Rent 5.4
Purchase of passenger vehicles 5.3
Homeowners' replacement cost 3.3
Main downward contributors  
Gasoline -4.7
Child care and housekeeping services -14.2
Passenger vehicle registration fees -30.0
Purchase of digital media -18.7
Video equipment -8.4
  January to February 2023
  % change
Main contributors to the 1-month change, not seasonally adjusted  
Main upward contributors  
Telephone services 6.9
Mortgage interest cost 2.2
Rent 0.6
Women's clothing 2.4
Non-electric kitchen utensils, tableware and cookware 11.8
Main downward contributors  
Child care and housekeeping services -6.3
Natural gas -4.5
Gasoline -1.0
Meat -1.0
Air transportation -6.2
Source(s):
Table 18-10-0004-01.
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