Contributions to Headline CPI

What is increasing inflation? In recent months, skyrocketing prices for only four items out of two hundred are driving it.

All other CPI prices, more than 200 in total, include everything from fruits, to shoes, to washing machines to rent. The complete list is here: https://bit.ly/3Gx7hjk

Chart: David Macdonald - Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Source: Statistics Canada Table 18-10-0004-01, 18-10-0007-01 and author’s calculations