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Edition: July 3, 2018
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Infoline Highlights: Coverage for the week of June 25 - 29
Small Business Quarterly - Out of British Columbia’s workforce of around 2.5 million people, approximately 145,800 have another job in addition to their main one.
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Gross Domestic Product (GDP) - The Canadian economy continued to expand in April, with real GDP advancing 0.1% (seasonally adjusted) following a 0.3% increase in the previous month.
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Average Weekly Earnings - Average weekly earnings of payroll employees in British Columbia (seasonally adjusted, current dollars) went down in April, declining by $10.81 (-1.1%) to reach $952.22.
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Room Revenues - For British Columbia, overall room revenues rose during the month of April. On a regional basis, B.C. Rockies (+26.7%), The Islands (+5.0%), Vancouver, Coast and Mountains (+3.6%), and Thompson/Okanagan (+1.1%) tourism regions all reported revenue increases compared to twelve months ago.
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Industrial Product Price Index - The price of raw materials purchased by Canadian manufacturers rose 15.1% in May compared to May the previous year. The upturn was mainly due to higher prices for crude energy products (+35.2%).
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Bankruptcies - In April 2018, there was an increase of 0.5% in overall bankruptcies in British Columbia compared to April 2017. Of the 368 bankruptcies, 11 were filed by businesses, up from 10 business bankruptcies registered in April last year.
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Canadian manufacturers’ selling prices climbed 3.1% in May, compared to the same month a year earlier, due in part to rising prices for energy and petroleum products (+23.7%).
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- BC Apprenticeship Discontinuers Survey
- BC Assessment Employee Engagement Pulse Survey
- B.C. Cannabis Use Survey
- BC Hydro Workforce Profile Survey
- BC Public Service Exit Survey
- BC Student Outcomes Survey of Apprenticeship and Trades Training Students
- BC Student Outcomes Survey of Diploma, Associate Degree and Certificate Students
- Canada-BC Job Grant Outcomes Survey
- FrontCounter BC Customer Satisfaction Survey
- New Job Survey
- School District #62 (Sooke) Work Environment Survey
- Social Development and Poverty Reduction (SDPR) LMAPD Monthly Survey
- Survey on Skills, Competencies and Characteristics for Future Workforce
You can read more about any of these by visiting our Current and Recent Surveys page.
Did You Know
The BC Wildfire Service responded to 568 wildfires between April1 and June 27 of this year. Around 40% of these fires are believed to be human-caused. You can learn more about wildfire safety by using FireSmart principles: Be FireSmart.
Source: Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development
Headlines
- The Small Business Quarterly Report has been released, including an article with information about moonlighting in B.C.
- The Canadian economy (real GDP) expanded in April compared to the previous month.
- Average weekly earnings of payroll employees in B.C. went down in April compared to March.
Released last week by BC Stats
- Small Business Quarterly
This week
- Labour Force Survey
- Exports
- Earnings and Employment
