Infoline Highlights: Coverage for the week of November 13-16

Manufacturing Sales - Sales of goods manufactured in the province inched up 0.7% (seasonally adjusted) in September. Wood (-1.3%) manufacturers continued to see a downturn in sales, and sales by food (-0.7%) manufacturers also slowed.
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Housing Starts - The number of urban housing starts (areas with population of at least 10,000) in British Columbia climbed 17.3% (seasonally adjusted at annual rates) in October. The rise was due primarily to a sharp upturn in the number of new apartment housing projects (66.2%), but there was also an increase in semi-detached (+15.2%) starts.
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Employment Insurance - Nearly three quarters (70%) of British Columbians who were unemployed in 2017 had contributed to Employment Insurance (E.I.). Among contributors, 90% (61,100 people) were eligible to receive E.I. (contributors with valid job separation who had sufficient hours to qualify), one of the highest rates in the country.
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Current Surveys

• Baccalaureate Graduates Survey
  
• BC Hydro Workforce Profile Survey
• BC Public Service Exit Survey
• BC Public Service New Job Survey
  
• Canada-BC Job Grant Outcomes Survey
• FrontCounter BC Customer Satisfaction Survey
• Long Term Disability (LTD) Application Process Survey
• OCIO Client Satisfaction Survey
  
• Online Games Survey
• School District #72 (Campbell River) Employee Engagement Survey
  

You can read more about any of these by visiting our Current and Recent Surveys page.