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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Current Surveys

• Baccalaureate Graduates Survey
  
• BC Hydro Workforce Profile Survey
• BC Public Service Exit Survey
• BC Public Service New Job Survey
  
• Canada-BC Job Grant Outcomes Survey
• FrontCounter BC Customer Satisfaction Survey
• Long Term Disability (LTD) Application Process Survey

You can read more about any of these by visiting our Current and Recent Surveys page.