Infoline Highlights for the Week of July 13-17

Wholesale Sales - After experiencing record declines in April (-14.9%) in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, B.C. wholesale sales climbed 3.5% (seasonally adjusted) to $5.5 billion in May. Strong sales in four of the seven subsectors, led by merchant wholesalers of personal and household goods (+16.0%) and building material and supplies (+13.8%), explained much of the increase.
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MLS Sales - As COVID-19 directives for social distancing continue to relax, real estate activity in British Columbia has seen some recovery from the low levels registered in April and May. There were 8,166 residential units sold in British Columbia in June, an increase of 16.9% compared to June 2019.
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Manufacturing Sales - B.C. manufacturing sales (seasonally adjusted) climbed by 7.2% in May compared to April. Growth in sales was widespread across most industries, with the largest increases (in both dollar and percentage terms) in fabricated metal products (+21.7%), machinery (+21.9%) and miscellaneous (+53.1%) manufacturing (miscellaneous manufacturing includes products such as medical equipment and supplies, office supplies and toys).
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Canadian Survey of Business Conditions - Statistics Canada released the results of the second Canadian Survey on Business Conditions in order to better understand the impacts of COVID-19 on businesses. The survey was launched as an online questionnaire, opened to any respondent. However, unlike the first iteration, probability-sample design was applied, and results can be considered representative of employer businesses in Canada.
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Industrial Product Price Index, Flash Estimate - Statistics Canada released preliminary estimates for industrial product prices. Note that these estimates are likely to be revised with the official release on July 31, are preliminary and should be interpreted with caution. Canadian manufacturers’ selling prices fell 3.1% in June, compared to the same month a year earlier.
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Current Surveys

• BC Hydro Workforce Profile Survey
• BC Public Service Exit Survey
• BC Public Service New Job Survey
• BC Student Outcomes Survey of Diploma, Associate Degree and Certificate Students
• Coast Mountain School Board School District 82 Work Environment Survey
  
• Remote Work Sustainability and Work Site Reintegration 
  
• Workforce Development Agreement Outcomes
• Workforce Development Agreement Employer Outcomes
  

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