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
  March 2022 to March 2023
  % change
Main contributors to the 12-month change  
Main upward contributors  
Mortgage interest cost 26.4
Rent 5.3
Food purchased from restaurants 7.2
Purchase of passenger vehicles 4.7
Homeowners' maintenance and repairs 9.7
Main downward contributors  
Gasoline -13.8
Other owned accommodation expenses -2.9
Child care and housekeeping services -14.2
Purchase of recreational vehicles and outboard motors -4.8
Video equipment -8.4
  February to March 2023
  % change
Main contributors to the 1-month change, not seasonally adjusted  
Main upward contributors  
Travel tours 36.7
Mortgage interest cost 2.0
Purchase of passenger vehicles 1.0
Electricity 3.1
Gasoline 1.2
Main downward contributors  
Fresh vegetables -4.0
Fuel oil and other fuels -10.3
Fresh fruit -3.2
Telephone services -1.6
Natural gas -2.4
Source(s):
Table 18-10-0004-01.
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