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September 16, 2025CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, AUGUST 2025 
Year-over-year (August 2025 vs August 2024)
All items: Consumer prices in Nova Scotia increased 2.2%, up 0.6 percentage points from July 2025. The national average inflation was 1.9%. In Halifax consumer prices increased 2.4%.
All items excluding food and energy: Nova Scotia consumer prices outside of food and energy increased 3.1%. This was above the national average increase of 2.4%.
Month-over-month (August 2025 vs July 2025)
All items: Consumer prices in Nova Scotia were unchanged in August 2025 compared with July 2025. Nationally, consumer prices were down 0.1% compared to the previous month. In Halifax consumer prices grew 0.1%.
All items excluding food and energy: Nova Scotia consumer prices excluding food and energy fell 0.1% month over month in August 2025. Nationally, consumer prices outside of food and energy decreased 0.2% from the previous month.
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 18-10-0004-01 Consumer Price Index, monthly, not seasonally adjusted
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