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
  May 2022 to May 2023
  % change
Main contributors to the 12-month change  
Main upward contributors  
Mortgage interest cost 29.9
Rent 5.7
Food purchased from restaurants 6.8
Purchase of passenger vehicles 3.2
Homeowners' maintenance and repairs 8.2
Main downward contributors  
Gasoline -18.3
Other owned accommodation expenses -3.2
Fuel oil and other fuels -36.9
Telephone services -5.9
Child care and housekeeping services -11.5
  April to May 2023
  % change
Main contributors to the 1-month change, not seasonally adjusted  
Main upward contributors  
Traveller accommodation 15.6
Mortgage interest cost 1.8
Travel tours 3.8
Fresh vegetables 4.3
Food purchased from restaurants 0.6
Main downward contributors  
Telephone services -5.7
Gasoline -0.8
Fuel oil and other fuels -10.1
Furniture -1.1
Natural gas -1.8
Source(s):
Table 18-10-0004-01.
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