Infoline Highlights: Coverage for the week of December 18-29

Gross Domestic Product - The Canadian economy stalled in October, with real GDP by industry at basic prices unchanged (seasonally adjusted) in October following a slight increase (+0.2%) in September.
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Retail Sales - Retailers in British Columbia saw sales increase 2.0% (seasonally adjusted) in October, the seventh increase in the previous eight months. Retail sales were 10.5% higher in October 2017 compared to October 2016.
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Consumer Price Index - British Columbia’s consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.6% (unadjusted) in November compared to the same month of the previous year. The year-over-year rate of inflation was up 0.2% from October.
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Quarterly Population Highlights - The population of B.C. was estimated at 4,841,078 as of October 1, 2017, growing by 23,918 persons in the third quarter of 2017 (up 0.50% from July 1, 2017).
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Average Weekly Earnings - Average weekly earnings of payroll employees in British Columbia (seasonally adjusted, current dollars) changed little in the month, going up by $0.69 (+0.1%) to reach $951.54 in October.
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Wholesale Sales - Sales by wholesalers (seasonally adjusted) in British Columbia climbed in October to reach $6.5 billion, a 1.1% increase compared to the previous month.
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Visitor Entries - In October, B.C. welcomed almost 686 thousand non-resident travellers (seasonally adjusted), of which three quarters were from the United States.
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Employment Insurance - The number of people receiving employment insurance (EI) benefits in British Columbia decreased by 580 (‑1.2%) in October compared to September, to reach 46,300 individuals.
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Small Business Quarterly - There were 187,847 small businesses in British Columbia (excluding self-employed persons) in June of 2017, a 1.0% increase from a year earlier.
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Current Surveys

• Baccalaureate Graduate Survey
• BC Hydro Workforce Profile Survey
• BC Public Service Exit Survey
• Canada-BC Job Grant Outcomes Survey
• FrontCounter BC Customer Satisfaction Survey
• Labour Market Agreement for Persons with Disabilities Outcome Survey
• Long Term Disability (LTD) Application Process Survey
• New Job Survey
• SDSI LMAPD Monthly Survey 2016-17

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