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Main contributors to the 12-month change in the CPI:

Main upward contributors:

  1. Gasoline (+5.5%)
  2. Homeowners’ replacement cost (+4.3%)
  3. Purchase of passenger vehicles (+2.6%)
  4. Food purchased from restaurants (+2.3%)
  5. Electricity (+3.6%)

Main downward contributors:

  1. Food purchased from stores (-2.8%)
  2. Children’s clothing (-4.5%)
  3. Video equipment (-5.8%)
  4. Travel tours (-1.6%)
  5. Mortgage interest cost (-0.3%)

Main contributors to the monthly change in the CPI, not seasonally adjusted:

Main upward contributors:

  1. Gasoline (+3.1%)
  2. Purchase of passenger vehicles (+0.8%)
  3. Air transportation (+2.8%)
  4. Fresh vegetables (+1.7%)
  5. Fuel oil and other fuels (+4.7%)

Main downward contributors:

  1. Clothing (-4.8%)
  2. Traveller accommodation (-7.3%)
  3. Footwear (-3.2%)
  4. Natural gas (-1.7%)
  5. Travel tours (-1.7%)
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