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 2022 to August 2023
  % change
Main contributors to the 12-month change  
Main upward contributors  
Mortgage interest cost 30.9
Rent 6.5
Food purchased from restaurants 6.1
Electricity 12.3
Meat 6.5
Main downward contributors  
Telephone services -10.4
Natural gas -11.1
Child care and housekeeping services -10.2
Homeowners' replacement cost -0.9
Furniture -3.2
  July to August 2023
  % change
Main contributors to the 1-month change, not seasonally adjusted  
Main upward contributors  
Gasoline 4.6
Mortgage interest cost 2.7
Rent 0.7
Electricity 1.5
Jewellery 9.3
Main downward contributors  
Travel tours -6.4
Air transportation -6.9
Fresh vegetables -2.2
Internet access services -2.3
Purchase of passenger vehicles -0.3
Source(s):
Table 18-10-0004-01.
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