text: The StatCan release notes that: “Traveller accommodation costs in New Brunswick rose 24.3% in the 12-month period ending in July, the largest increase on record”, which may “be influenced by celebrations of … Canada's 150th birthday.” The residentialization of weights in the New Brunswick traveller accommodation index was discontinued with the January 2016 CPI update. Until then the index represented the changing cost of traveller accommodation for New Brunswick residents in all parts of Canada. From January 2016 forward it reflects the costs of traveller accommodation in New Brunswick itself. While appropriate to a macroeconomic indicator, and undoubtedly better suited to the needs of the Bank of Canada, for a New Brunswicker interested in using the New Brunswick CPI as an escalator it represented a deterioration, not an improvement in the index. The largest annual increase ever over the period from December 2016 to date isn't such a big deal.