iN NUMBERS: What’s costing you more money

Inflation numbers for July are here to tell us what we already know — things are more expensive.

If you take out the last number, the first one would look a lot different.

Let’s count the ways, shall we?

• 1.7: That’s how much the Consumer Price Index (inflation) rose in July compared July 2024, StatsCan says.
• 4.8: That’s how much rent went up in BC last month, by percentage, compared to a year ago. It’s 3% across the country.
• 3.4: That’s how much more expensive food costs overall in Canada compared to a year ago.
• 28.6: That’s the percentage that the price of coffee increased since last year.
• 27.1: That’s how much groceries have gone up since July 2020.
• 3.2: That’s how much more, as a percentage, you paid for food from restaurants
• 1.9: That’s how much more you paid for booze this year over last year.
• 4.8: That’s how much more it cost to buy a new car this July over last.
• -16.1: That’s how much fuel prices fell since last July, one bright spot largely brought on by the elimination of carbon taxes.