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Edition: July 22-26, 2019
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Infoline Highlights for the Week of July 22-26
Average Weekly Earnings - Average weekly earnings of payroll employees in British Columbia (seasonally adjusted, current dollars) jumped $9.28 (+0.9%) to reach $999.85 in May.
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Food Services and Drinking Places - Receipts at food services and drinking places in B.C. continued to seesaw in May, inching up 0.1% (seasonally adjusted), following a 0.7% decline in April.
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Visitor Entries - Visitor entries to B.C. from the U.S. and overseas increased (+1.3%, seasonally adjusted) for the third straight month in May. Entries from overseas sources jumped 2.0%, and travel to B.C. from the U.S. was also up (+1.1%).
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Wholesale Sales - Sales by wholesalers in the province slipped in May (-1.7%) for the first time in three months. The decline was due mostly to lower sales in the motor vehicle (-14.0%) and the miscellaneous (-5.6%) subsectors.
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- Retail sales in B.C. dipped slightly (-0.2%) in May, in step with lower retail sales across the country (-0.1%).
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Did You Know
One in three (30%) British Columbian parents say their child will read more in the summer than they did during the school year.
Source: Ipsos Canada
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Headlines
- Tourist visits to B.C. climb in May
- May was a robust month for investment in building construction in B.C.
- Wholesale sales slip in May

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