Infoline Highlights for the Week of July 15-19

Retail Sales - Sales by retailers in the province slipped 0.2% (seasonally adjusted) in May, duplicating the 0.2% decrease recorded in the previous month. Retailers in many parts of the country did not fare particularly well in May.
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Employment Insurance -The number of British Columbians receiving regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits inched down 0.7% (seasonally adjusted) to 40,240 in May. Nationally, EI beneficiaries were slightly higher (+0.5%, to 568,790) than in April.
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Consumer Price Index - British Columbia’s consumer price index (CPI) was 2.6% higher (unadjusted) in June 2019 than in the same month of 2018. On a monthly basis, the rate of inflation rose 0.1% from May 2019. The overall annual inflation rate remained at 2.6% when food and energy are excluded from the index.
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Manufacturing Sales - Manufacturing sales in B.C. dipped 1.8% (seasonally adjusted) in May. Sales of manufactured food products continued to seesaw, dropping 2.4% (following a 2.5% increase in April) and helping to drive total receipts for non-durables down (-2.4%).
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Current Surveys

• BC Hydro Workforce Profile Survey
• BC Prosecution Service Gender Equity and Advancement
  
• BC Public Service Exit Survey
• BC Public Service New Job Survey
• BC Student Outcomes Survey of Diploma, Associate Degree and Certificate Students
• Canada-BC Job Grant Outcomes Survey
• FrontCounter BC Customer Satisfaction Survey
• Labour Market Agreement for Persons with Disabilities Outcomes Survey
  
• Long Term Disability (LTD) Application Process Survey
• WES Pulse Check
• Workforce Development Agreement Outcomes
• Workforce Development Agreement Employer Outcomes
  

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