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Edition: July 15-19, 2019
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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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- Manufacturing sales in B.C. slowed (-1.8%) in May, due in part to a dip in sales of manufactured food products and primary metal products.
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Did You Know
In 2018, the Crime Severity Index in B.C. was relatively stable (+0.5%) compared to the year before and the number of homicides dropped by 30, although that number had increased significantly in 2017.
Source: Statistics Canada
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Headlines
- Retail sales in B.C. dipped slightly in May.
- In May, fewer people in B.C. collected employment benefits.
- B.C.'s consumer price index was higher in June than June 2018.

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