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Edition: August 22, 2016
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Infoline Highlights: Coverage for the week of August 15-19
Consumer Price Index Highlights - British Columbia’s consumer price index (CPI) climbed 2.1% (unadjusted) in July, compared to the same month of the previous year.
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Retail Sales -Sales by retailers in the province edged up (+0.2% seasonally adjusted) in June, mirroring a 0.1% decrease the previous month.
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Employment Insurance -The number of British Columbians receiving regular employment insurance (EI) benefits dropped 2.1% (seasonally adjusted) in June, to 50,180, continuing on a downward trend that began in August 2015.
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Visitor Entries -Visitor entries into Canada via B.C. climbed (+0.9%, seasonally adjusted) in June.
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Manufacturing -B.C. manufacturing sales continued to seesaw in June, inching down 0.4% (seasonally adjusted) following a 1.1% rise in May.
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Did You Know
29% of British Columbians were not born in Canada. The three most common countries of birth of immigrants living in B.C. were China, India and the United Kingdom.
Source: Statistics Canada

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Headlines
- B.C.'s annual inflation rate inches up to 2.1% in July.
- The number of British Columbians receiving EI benefits down 2.1% in June.
- Visitor entries into Canada via B.C. climb 0.9% in June.

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