pre_text: ADJUSTED EBITDA (1) For the three-month period ended August 31, 2019, the average foreign exchange rate used for translation was 1.3222 USD/CDN. (2) Fiscal 2018 was restated to comply with IFRS 15 and to reflect a change in accounting policy as well as to reclassify results from Cogeco Peer 1 as discontinued operations. For further details, please consult the "Accounting policies" and "Discontinued operations" sections. (3) Fiscal 2019 actuals are translated at the average foreign exchange rate of the comparable period of fiscal 2018 which was 1.3100 USD/CDN. Fiscal 2019 fourth-quarter adjusted EBITDA increased by 4.6% (4.3% in constant currency) as a result of: • an increase in the American broadband services segment mainly as a result of strong organic growth combined with the impact of the FiberLight acquisition; and • an increase in the Canadian broadband services segment resulting mainly from a decline in operating expenses.
table: Three months ended August 31, 2019 (1) 2018 (2) Change Change in constant currency (3) Foreign exchange impact (3)
table: (in thousands of dollars, except percentages) $ $ % % $
table: Canadian broadband services 172,120 166,181 3.6 3.6 (73)
table: American broadband services 115,523 109,937 5.1 4.1 1,057
table: Inter-segment eliminations and other (12,033) (12,707) (5.3) (5.3) 2
table: 275,610 263,411 4.6 4.3 986
question: Analyse this data from a financial earnings document. What is the increase / (decrease) in the Canadian broadband services from 2018 to 2019?