Highlights:

1. Consumer prices rose 1.0% in the 12 months to June, following a 1.4% increase in May. On a non-seasonally adjusted monthly basis, consumer prices declined 0.1% in June, after increasing 0.3% from April to May.

All-items Consumer Price Index (CPI):

1. Energy prices rose 1.3% between June 2009 and June 2010, after increasing 6.2% over the 12 months ending in May.
2. The price of gasoline decreased 2.9% in June compared to the same month a year earlier, after rising 6.9% in May. This was the first year-over-year drop in prices at the pump since October 2009.
3. In June, electricity prices rose 5.8%, after increasing 4.0% in May.
4. Natural gas prices increased 3.0% in June, after rising 4.7% in May. This was the third consecutive increase following several months of decline.
5. Prices for the purchase of passenger vehicles rose 2.8% in June, following a 5.1% increase in May.
6. Prices increased in seven of the eight major components of the CPI in the 12 months to June; the only exception was clothing and footwear.

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

Main upward contributors:

1. Purchase of passenger vehicles (+2.8%)
2. Passenger vehicle insurance premiums (+5.3%)
3. Homeowner’s replacement costs (+5.2%)
4. Electricity (+5.8%)
5. Telephone services (+5.4%)

Main downward contributors:

1. Mortgage interest cost (-5.0%)
2. Gasoline (-2.9%)
3. Air transportation (-8.4%)
4. Women’s clothing (-5.7%)
5. Video equipment (-13.9%)

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

Main upward contributors:

1. Traveller accommodations (+7.6%)
2. Air transportation (+4.5%)
3. Electricity (+0.9%)
4. Homeowner’s replacement costs (+0.6%)
5. Confectionery (+3.7%)

Main downward contributors:

1. Gasoline (-2.9%)
2. Women’s clothing (-4.6%)
3. Purchase of passenger vehicles (-1.0%)
4. Men’s clothing (-4.7%)
5. Children’s clothing (-7.0%)