Infoline Highlights: Coverage for the week of January 30-February 3

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) - Canadian real GDP by industry at basic prices (seasonally adjusted) increased 0.4% in November after contracting (-0.2%) in October, as the goods-producing industries rebounded (+0.9%) in November. Manufacturing (+1.4%), mining, quarrying, and oil & gas extraction (+1.4%) and construction (+1.1%) were major contributors to the growth of real GDP.
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Food Services and Drinking Places - Receipts at food services and drinking places in B.C. continued to seesaw in November, inching up 0.3% (seasonally adjusted), following a 2.2% decline in October. Canadian sales were also slightly higher (+0.4%) in November, with all but two provinces posting increases.
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Industrial Product Price Index - Canadian manufacturers’ selling prices were 2.2% higher in December than in the same month of 2015. The increase was mostly attributable to climbing prices for energy and petroleum products (+10.5%), which saw the biggest year-over-year boost since February of 2012. Prices for primary non-ferrous metal (+9.3%) were also notably higher than in December of 2015. Excluding energy and petroleum products, the Industrial Product Price Index would have climbed just 1.1% over the twelve-month period. .
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Current Surveys

• Apprenticeship Student Outcomes (APPSO) Survey
• Baccalaureate Graduate Survey
• BC Hydro Workforce Profile Survey
• BC Public Service Exit Survey
• Canada-BC Job Grant Outcomes Survey
• Diploma, Associate Degree, and Certificate Student Outcomes (DACSO) Survey
• FrontCounter BC Customer Satisfaction Survey
• Labour Market Agreement for Persons with Disabilities Outcome Survey
• Long Term Disability (LTD) Application Process Survey
• Ministry of Finance Revenue Services Client Satisfaction Survey 2016/2017
• SDSI LMAPD Monthly Survey 2016-17
• Service BC Citizen Satisfaction Survey 2016/2017

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