Infoline Highlights: Coverage for the week of April 30 - May 4

Exports -There was a 4.0% rise in the value of B.C.’s commodity exports from February to March. The main contributors to the overall increase were a 25.1% jump in shipments of metal ores and non-metallic minerals and a 4.7% increase in exports of forestry products and building and packaging materials.
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Gross Domestic Product (GDP) - Canadian real GDP by industry at basic prices rose 0.4% in February, following a 0.1% drop in the previous month.
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Tourism Room Revenues-Room revenues rose during the month of February for British Columbia. On a regional basis, the B.C. Rockies (+12.5%) and Vancouver, Coast and Mountains (+8.6%) tourism regions saw the largest revenue increases compared to twelve months ago.
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Bankruptcies- In February 2018, there was an increase of 1.5% in overall bankruptcies in British Columbia compared to February 2017.
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Industrial Product Price Index- Canadian manufacturers’ selling prices climbed 2.3% in March, compared to the same month a year earlier. The price of raw materials purchased by Canadian manufacturers rose 10.0% in March compared to March the previous year.
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Visitor Entries- In February, B.C. welcomed over 679 thousand non-resident travellers (seasonally adjusted), of which almost three quarters were from the United States.
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Current Surveys

• BC Apprenticeship Discontinuers Survey
• BC Assessment Employee Engagement Pulse 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.