Claim in the Record
OBSERVEDAdded to the Record 2026-07-13Featured in a product
Rent inflation: level shift
The claim
Rent CPI, % y/y: level shift detected around Feb 2025
A two-segment mean-shift scan over the last 40 months places the largest level shift in rent cpi, % y/y around Feb 2025: mean 7.49 before vs 4.44 after (shift = 3.1× pooled variability). The detector locates the shift; it does not attribute a cause.
Method
Deterministic two-segment mean-shift scan; break where |Δmean|/pooled sd ≥ 1.5 with ≥8 periods per segment.
Key sources and licences
- Consumer Price Index, monthly — Statistics Canada Licence text read in full
| Added to the Record | 2026-07-13 |
|---|---|
| How it is used | Featured in a product |
| Where it appears | Featured in the housing domain story — the housing-cost regime changed. |
| What would change it | A CPI rent-component revision that removes the detected shift, or reversion to the prior band across subsequent months. |
| Corrections | None on record for this claim — policy → |
Technical details
| Record ID | R17-break:rent_yoy |
|---|---|
| Detection rule | R17-break |
| Indicator | rent_yoy |
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