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Edition: March 26, 2018
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Infoline Highlights: Coverage for the week of March 19 - 23
Consumer Price Index-
British Columbia’s consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.8% (unadjusted) in February compared to the same month of the previous year. The year-over-year rate of inflation was up 0.7% from January.
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Retail Sales-
Retail sales in British Columbia (seasonally adjusted) fell by 1.0% in January compared to December.
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Wholesale Sales- Sales by wholesalers (seasonally adjusted) in British Columbia went up in January to reach $6.7 billion, a 1.4% increase compared to the previous month.
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Food Services & Drinking Places - Revenues generated in British Columbia’s food service and drinking places industry went down by 0.4% (seasonally adjusted) in January. Sales were lower in all industry sub‑types, with the largest decrease in full-service restaurants receipts.
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Employment Insurance - The number of people receiving employment insurance (EI) benefits in British Columbia decreased by 620 (‑1.3%) in January compared to December, to reach 45,630 individuals.
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The overall cost of food climbed 2.0% over the same month a year ago, both for the price of groceries (+1.5%) as well as the cost of meals purchased from restaurants (+2.8%).
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- FrontCounter BC Customer Satisfaction Survey
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- Social Development and Poverty Reduction (SDPR) LMAPD Monthly Survey
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Did You Know
In 2014/2015, B.C. spent $2,688.80 per capita on all levels of education combined, down 1.2% from 2013/2014. This is slightly below the Canadian average of $2,951.90 in the same period.
Source: Statistics Canada

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Headlines
- British Columbia’s consumer price index rose in February compared to the same month the previous year.
- British Columbia’s retail sales fell in January compared to December, while wholesale sales went up in the month.
- Food services and drinking places' revenues in British Columbia fell in January compared to the previous month.

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Released last week by BC Stats
- Consumer Price Index
This week
- No Releases
