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Edition: November 19, 2018
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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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- Nearly 70% of British Columbians who were unemployed in 2017 had contributed to Employment Insurance (E.I.), and 90% of these people were eligible to receive benefits - one of the highest rates in the country.
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Did You Know
At month-end, 40% of Canadians say they are $200 or less away from financial insolvency, with Atlantic Canadians (49%) most likely to feel this way, and British Columbians the least likely (35%).
Source: Ipsos Canada

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Headlines
- Manufacturing sales in B.C. increased slightly between August and September.
- The number of housing starts in B.C.'s urban areas rose in October from the month before.
- In 2017, almost hree quarters of unemployed people in B.C. had contributed to employment insurance benefits.

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