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Edition: August 2, 2016

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Infoline Highlights: Coverage for the week of July 25 - July 29

Food Services and Drinking Places - Receipts at food services and drinking places in B.C. were up 0.2% (seasonally adjusted) in May.
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Industrial Product Price Index - Canadian manufacturers’ prices were 0.8% lower this June than in the same month last year.
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Gross Domestic Product (GDP) - Canada’s economy shrunk in May, with real GDP dropping 0.6% (seasonally adjusted) from the previous month.
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Tourism Room Revenues - Room revenues across the two biggest tourism regions in British Columbia continued to exhibit growth in the month of May. 
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Bankruptcies - The number of consumer bankruptcies in the province was notably lower in May (-7.5%, year-over-year).
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Air Travel - In 2015, Canadian air carriers reported a 2.7% boost in passenger volume compared to 2014, with the total number of enplaned/deplaned passengers surpassing 133 million.
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  • Canadian air carriers saw passenger volume climb 2.7% in 2015, in part due to a 4.3% increase at YVR

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Did You Know

In 2014, Canadian police services reported 206 violations of human trafficking in Canada, accounting for less than 1% of all police-reported crime.  

Source: Statistics Canada

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  • Falling prices for energy and petroleum products, chemicals and ferrous/non-ferrous metals offset increases in nearly every other commodity group.
  • The GDP drop of 0.6% was the most substantial contraction to the Canadian economy since March 2009.
  • Passenger air travel has been on the rise for six consecutive years, since the economic slowdown of 2009.
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