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View the Archive..June 22, 2026CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, MAY 2026 
Year-over-year (May 2026 vs May 2025)
All items: Consumer prices in Nova Scotia increased 5.2%, up 0.9 percentage points from inflation in the previous month. The national average inflation was 3.2%. In Halifax consumer prices increased 4.8%.
All items excluding food and energy: Nova Scotia consumer prices outside of ...
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June 22, 2026ANALYSIS OF CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR MAY 2026 Note that energy prices continue to reflect the impact of the conflict in the Middle East.
Nova Scotia’s all items Consumer Price Index (CPI) grew 5.2% year-over-year in May 2026, up 0.9 percentage points from the previous month. This was the fastest pace of all-items year-over-year price inflation since February 2023.
Nationally, consumer prices grew 3.2% year-over-year in May 2026, up 0.4 percentage points from the previous month.&nb...
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June 19, 2026RETAIL TRADE, APRIL 2026 Monthly (seasonally adjusted, April 2026 vs March 2026)
In Nova Scotia retail trade increased 0.7% to $1.99 billion. Nationally, retail trade rose 0.5% to $73.03 billion. Six provinces reported increasing retail trade, led by Alberta. The fastest decline was in Manitoba. &nb...
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June 19, 2026JAPAN CPI INFLATION, MAY 2026 Year-over-year (May 2026 vs May 2025)
Japan’s inflation (all items, year-over-year growth in consumer price index) was 1.5% in May 2026, up from 1.3% in April. Japan's underlying inflation (all items excluding fresh food and energy) was 1.8%, down from 1.9% the previous month.
Japan's energy prices were down 2.5% in May 2026 ...
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June 18, 2026EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, APRIL 2026 Monthly (April vs March 2026, seasonally adjusted regular beneficiaries)
In April 2026, there were 20,770 Nova Scotians in receipt of regular employment insurance benefits (seasonally adjusted). Nova Scotia's seasonally adjusted regular employment insurance usage decreased by 890 (-4.1%) from revised March results.
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