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Infoline Highlights: Coverage for the week of December 3-7
Labour Force Statistics - The unemployment rate in British Columbia was 4.4% in November, up 0.3 percentage points from October and down 0.4 percentage points from 12 months ago. The labour force (+24,500) and employment (+15,900) increased from October.
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Exports - The value of B.C. origin exports climbed 7.4% over the first ten months of 2018, compared to the same period a year earlier. Shipments to the U.S. rose 3.4%, while exports to Mainland China grew 8.8%.
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Industrial Product Price Index (IPPI) - Canadian manufacturers’ selling prices were 5.3% higher in October than in the same month of 2017. The increase was largely attributable to climbing prices for energy and petroleum products (+18.0%), but most major commodity groups also saw prices increase.
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- In addition to increased exports from B.C. to the U.S. and China, there was also strong growth in shipments to Japan (+12.3%), the EU (+14.5%), India (+64.0%) and Taiwan (+31.6%).
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Did You Know
Most immigrants to Canada remained in the province that they were originally admitted to. 86% of immigrants who entered the country in 2011 were still filing 2016 tax returns in their original province, with Ontario (91%), Alberta (90%) and B.C. (87%) having the highest levels of retention.
Source: Statistics Canada
Headlines
- B.C.'s unemployment rate rose slightly in November.
- The value of B.C.'s exports grew year-to-date in October over the same period in 2017.
- The IPPI increased in October over the same month the year before.
Released last week by BC Stats
- Exports
- Labour Force Statistics
This week
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