Infoline Highlights: Coverage for the week of October 31 - November 4

Exports - Year-to-date to September, the value of B.C.’s exports climbed 2.7% compared to the same nine-month period in 2015. An 8.1% jump in shipments to the U.S. drove much of the increase, as shipments to most other major destinations fell.
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Labour Force Statistics - The unemployment rate in British Columbia was 6.2% in October, up from 5.7% in September. Even though employment increased since the previous month (+14,900), the labour force as a whole grew much more (+28,800).
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Bankruptcies - Year-over-year, the number of consumer bankruptcies in the province was notably lower in August (-21.9%). There were 342 bankruptcies in August, compared to 438 in the same month of 2015.
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Gross Domestic product (GDP) - Canadian real GDP by industry at basic prices (seasonally adjusted) advanced 0.2% in August following two consecutive monthly increases in June (+0.6%) and July (+0.4%).The goods-producing industries expanded 0.7% in August, led by a 2.4% increase in utilities.
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Industrial Product Price Index - Weaker petroleum and coal product prices (-5.1%) were the main contributor to a 0.5% year-over-year decline in the Industrial Product Price Index (IPPI) in September. The IPPI was also pulled down by lower prices for primary ferrous metal (-3.8%), meat, fish, and dairy (-3.7%) and chemical (-2.1%) products.
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Food Service and Drinking Places - Sales at British Columbia’s food services and drinking places dipped 1.8% (seasonally adjusted) to $877.5 million between July and August. Nationally, revenues in the industry were down 1.1% to just over $5.4 billion, with the largest decreases registered in P.E.I (-2.6%) and Ontario (-2.5%).
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Current Surveys

• Apprenticeship Student Outcomes (APPSO) Survey
• Baccalaureate Graduate Survey
• BC Hydro Workforce Profile Survey
• BC Labour Market Agreement Outcomes Survey
• BC Public Service - Career Development and Opportunities Survey
• BC Public Service Exit Survey
• Canada-BC Job Grant Outcomes Survey
  
• Diploma, Associate Degree, and Certificate Student Outcomes (DACSO) Survey
• HandyDART Client Survey
• FrontCounter BC Customer Satisfaction Survey
• Labour Market Agreement for Persons with Disabilities Outcome Survey
• Long Term Disability (LTD) Application Process Survey
• Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner Work Environment Survey 2016
• Procurement Transformation Survey (#BCTECH Strategy)
• SDSI LMAPD Monthly Survey 2016-17

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