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The Consumer Price Index

May 2008

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  1. Consumer prices rose 2.2% in May compared to May 2007, up from the 1.7% increase reported in April, as drivers faced significant increases in gasoline prices.The 0.5 percentage point acceleration in the all-items Consumer Price Index was the sharpest since September 2007.
Chart 1 Percentage change in the consumer price index and major components from the same month of the previous year, Canada, not seasonally adjusted
Source(s):  CANSIM table number 326-0020.
Date Modified: 2008-11-24

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