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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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Did You Know
It's getting more expensive to purchase property in B.C. The latest valuations for every property in the province, released by BC Assessment, show that the total value of all real estate in B.C. is $1.86 trillion, up 11.9 per cent from 2016.
Source: BC Assessment
Headlines
- B.C.'s consumer price index went up in November over the same month a year earlier.
- The population of B.C. rose in the third quarter of 2017.
- There were more small businesses in B.C. in June than the year before.
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