Table:
| Three months ended August 31, | 2019 (1) | 2018 (2) | Change | Change in constant currency (3) | Foreign exchange impact (3) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| (in thousands of dollars, except percentages) | $ | $ | % | % | $ |
| Canadian broadband services | 172,120 | 166,181 | 3.6 | 3.6 | (73) |
| American broadband services | 115,523 | 109,937 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 1,057 |
| Inter-segment eliminations and other | (12,033) | (12,707) | (5.3) | (5.3) | 2 |
|  | 275,610 | 263,411 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 986 |
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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.
Question:
What was the increase in EBITDA in fourth-quarter 2019?
Answer: 4.6%