January 26, 2018CONSUMER PRICE INDEX DECEMBER AND ANNUAL 2017 
ANNUAL
In Nova Scotia 2017, the all-items consumer price index (2002=100) increased 1.1% over 2016 to 132.4.
In Halifax 2017, the all-items iconsumer price index (2002=100) increased 1.1% over 2016 to 131.2.
In Canada 2017, the all-items consumer price index (2002=100) increased 1.6% over 2016 to 130.4.
NOVA SCOTIA
In Nova Scotia December 2017, the consumer price index (2002=100) decreased 0.3% from November 2017 to 132.8 and increased 1.7% over December 2016.
The CPI, excluding food and energy, decreased 0.3% from November 2017 to 124.6, and increased 1.5% over December 2016.
CANADA
In Canada December 2017, the consumer price index (2002=100) decreased 0.4% from November 2017 to 130.8 and increased 1.9% over December 2016.
The CPI, excluding food and energy, decreased 0.5% from November 2017 to 125.6, and increased 1.7% over December 2016.
Compared with December 2016, CPI-Common rose 1.6%, CPI-Median rose 1.9%, and CPI-Trim rose 1.9%.
HALIFAX
In Halifax December 2017, the consumer price index (2002=100) decreased 0.4% from November 2017 to 131.5 and increased 1.5% over December 2016.
Statistics Canada Note: Since 2001, the Bank of Canada's main measure of core inflation has been "core" consumer price index (CPIX) inflation, which excludes eight of the most volatile components of the CPI and adjusts the remainder for the effect of changes in indirect taxes. Following a review of a wide selection of measures of core inflation in 2015, in the context of its most recent renewal of the inflation-control target, the Bank chose three preferred measures of core inflation: (i) a measure based on a trimmed mean (CPI-trim); (ii) a measure based on the weighted median (CPI-median); (iii) a measure based on the common component (CPI-common). For more information see The Daily.
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