Infoline Highlights for the Week of November 25-29

Industrial Product Price Index - Canadian manufacturers’ selling prices were 1.3% lower in October than in the same month of 2018. The decrease was mostly attributable to falling prices for energy and petroleum products (-9.5%), which saw the sixth consecutive year-over-year decline.
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Average Weekly Earnings - Average weekly earnings of payroll employees in British Columbia climbed $5.95 (+0.6%) to $1,009.30 (seasonally adjusted) in September. Earnings were up in both the goods (+0.9%) and services (+0.6%) sectors.
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Bankruptcies - There were 345 bankruptcies filed by consumers in British Columbia in September, a slight (-0.6%) decline from the same month of 2018. Conversely, the number of business bankruptcies was notably higher (+75.0% to seven).
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Wholesale Sales - Wholesale sales in the province rose 2.1% (seasonally adjusted) in September, marking the fourth consecutive monthly increase. Strong sales in the food, beverage and tobacco (+5.4%) and the motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories (+6.3%) subsectors explained much of the climb.
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Current Surveys

• Active Transportation Strategy Survey
  
• BC Hydro Workforce Profile Survey
• BC Public Service Exit Survey
• BC Public Service New Job Survey
• BC Student Outcomes Survey of Baccalaureate Graduates
  
• BC Wildfire Service Auxiliary Work Environment
• Capilano University Employee Engagement
  
• City of Victoria Business Survey
  
• Long Term Disability (LTD) Application Process Survey
• OCIO ES Client Satisfaction Survey
  
• Workforce Development Agreement Outcomes
• Workforce Development Agreement Employer Outcomes
  

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