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November 21, 2023CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, OCTOBER 2023
Year-over-year (October 2023 vs October 2022)
All items: Consumer prices in Nova Scotia increased 3.2%. The national average inflation was 3.1%. In Halifax consumer prices increased 3.5%.
All items excluding food and energy: Nova Scotia consumer prices outside of food and energy increased 3.3%. This was just below the national average increase of 3.4%.
Month-over-month (October 2023 vs September 2023)
All items: Consumer prices in Nova Scotia were down 0.3%. Nationally, consumer prices were 0.1% higher than in the previous month. In Halifax consumer prices decreased 0.2%.
All items excluding food and energy: Nova Scotia consumer prices excluding food and energy increased 0.3% month over month in October 2023. Nationally, consumer prices outside of food and energy were 0.5% higher than in the previous month.
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 18-10-0004-01 Consumer Price Index, monthly, not seasonally adjusted
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