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Edition: May 7, 2018
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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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February saw a 1.5% increase in B.C.'s overall bankruptcies compared to February 2017, although business bankruptcies dropped from 16 (February 2017) to 11 (February 2018).
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Did You Know
British Columbia saw an increase in labour productivity (real value added per hour worked) between 2015 and 2016. Mining and oil and gas extraction and non-profit institutions were the most productive sectors in the province in 2016.
Source: Statistics Canada

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Headlines
- B.C. exports inched up in the first quarter of 2018, compared to 2017.
- Canadian real GDP by industry at basic prices rose in February.
- For British Columbia, overall room revenues rose during the month of February.

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Released last week by BC Stats
- Exports
This week
- Labour Force Survey
- Earnings and Employment
