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Edition: May 27-31, 2019
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Infoline Highlights: Coverage for the week of May 27-31
Gross Domestic Product - Canadian real GDP by industry at basic prices advanced 0.5% in March, following a 0.2% decline in the previous month. The goods-producing industries expanded 0.7%. The increase in mining, quarrying, and oil & gas extraction (+2.0%), manufacturing (+0.9%) and construction (+0.5%) offset the decline in utilities (-1.8%) and agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting (-0.3%).
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Average Weekly Earnings - Average weekly earnings of payroll employees in British Columbia were $985.00 in March (seasonally adjusted, current dollars), $11.58 more than in the previous month (+1.2%). Nationally, employee wages averaged $1,016.41, a rise of 0.8% over February.
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Food Services and Drinking Places - Receipts at food services and drinking places in B.C. were up 1.4% (seasonally adjusted) in March, more than rebounding from a slowdown recorded in February (-0.7%). Canadian establishments also saw receipts climb in March (+1.2%), as revenues were up in nine provinces, including Quebec (+1.0%) and Ontario (+0.9%).
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- Revenues at food services and drinking places increased in March from the month before, both nationally (1.2%) and in B.C. (1.4%).
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Did You Know
Affordable housing remains an issue across B.C. Three-quarters (74%) of British Columbians surveyed agree that ‘home prices and rents remain high because there are too few housing options’, a sentiment that was consistent in all areas of the province.
Source: Ipsos
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Headlines
- Canada's GDP rose in March over the month before.
- B.C. payroll employees earned more in March than February
- Food services and drinking places produced more revenues in March.

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