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Infoline Highlights: Coverage for the week of July 17-21
Retail Sales - British Columbia’s retailers saw a 2.6% increase in sales in May, reflecting improved sales at the province’s new car dealers, as well as (to a lesser extent) building materials, and garden equipment and supplies dealers.
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Consumer Price Index (CPI) - British Columbia’s consumer price index (CPI) climbed 1.7% (unadjusted) in June compared to the same month of the previous year. This marks a small decrease in the year-over-year rate of inflation since May, when it was 1.9 %.
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Bankruptcies - The number of bankruptcies registered by B.C. consumers fell 16.6% in April, compared to the same month a year earlier. Business bankruptcies in the province dropped 9.1% in the same period, although that amounted to only one less bankruptcy.
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Agriculture - The area in B.C. dedicated to growing greenhouse products climbed notably in 2016 (+4.0%), expanding to 58 million square feet. Sales of greenhouse products grown in the province exceeded $659 million last year, up from $657 million in 2015.
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Wine, Beer and Spirits - British Columbians aged 15 years and over spent an average of $787 on beer, wine and spirits in 2015/16. While Newfoundland and Labrador ($997) was the only province with higher per capita sales of alcoholic beverages than B.C., spending in the Yukon ($1,162) and Northwest Territories ($1,419) was also well above the national average ($734).
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Exports - The value of B.C. origin exports jumped 23.7% over the first five months of 2017, compared to the same period a year earlier. There were significant increases to most of B.C.’s major trading partners, including robust growth of 15.9% to B.C.’s largest export partner, the United States. Shipments to the European Union soared 60.3%, partially driven by a 152.6% spike in exports to Germany.
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Did You Know
In 2015, 77% of Canadian households with a garden said they watered it during the summer. In B.C, this number rose to 86%, the highest of the provinces.
Source: Statistics Canada

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Headlines
- The value of B.C.'s energy product exports soared in the first five months of 2017.
- The cost of shelter in B.C. rose in June.
- B.C.'s greenhouse industry is the second largest in Canada.

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