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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Building Investment - Total investment in building construction in B.C. surged in May, increasing 13.6% (seasonally adjusted) to reach $3.1 billion. Investment in non-residential building construction in the province was 3.0% higher than in April (to $740 million), as spending on new buildings was up in the industrial (+4.4%), commercial (+3.5%) and institutional (+0.6%) sectors. On the residential side, investment in B.C. was particularly robust (+17.5%, seasonally adjusted) in May.
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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
  

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