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December 16, 2025
JOB VACANCIES AND WAGES, Q3 2025

Quarter-over-quarter (Q3 2025 vs Q2 2025)

Nova Scotia's job vacancy rate (seasonally adjusted) increased 0.2 percentage points to 3.4% in Q3 2025, representing 15,215 job vacancies.

Nationally, the job vacancy rate was 2.8%, unchanged from Q2 2025. The highest job vacancy rates were reported in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and British Columbia, while the lowest job vacancy rate was in Newfoundland and Labrador.           &nb ...

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December 16, 2025
US EMPLOYMENT, NOVEMBER 2025

US employment data for October are affected by the lapse in appropriations from the government shutdown. Household survey estimates were not produced for October 2025.

Monthly change (November 2025 vs October 2025, seasonally adjusted)

US non-farm payroll employment increased 64,000 in November 2025, rising to 159.6 million persons.

In the advance estimates of U.S retail sales and food service receipts, total sales increased 0.03% from the previous month. Excluding food services receipts, retail trade increased 0.1%. Food service and drinking places receipts decreased 0.4%.     ...

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December 16, 2025
UK UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, AUGUST-OCTOBER 2025

The UK unemployment rate for the three-month period August to October 2025 was 5.1%, 0.4 percentage point higher than the preceding 3 month period (May-July 2025). From August to October 2024, the UK unemployment rate averaged 4.3%.  

There were 1.832 million unemployed people in the UK, 158,000 (+9.4%) more than the preceding 3 month period and 327...

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December 15, 2025
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, NOVEMBER 2025

Year-over-year (November 2025 vs November 2024)

All items: Consumer prices in Nova Scotia increased 2.4%, down 0.2 percentage points from inflation in the previous month. The national average inflation was 2.2%. In Halifax consumer prices increased 2.2%.

All items excluding food and energy: Nova Scotia consumer prices outs...

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