Infoline Highlights: Coverage for the week of October 17-21

Consumer Price Index (CPI) - British Columbia’s consumer price index (CPI) climbed 1.8% (unadjusted) in September, compared to the same month of the previous year. This marks a small decrease in the year-over-year rate of inflation since August, when it was 2.0%.
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Visitor Entries - Visitor entries to Canada via British Columbia slipped 1.0% (seasonally adjusted) in August. The number of American entries inched down (-0.9%), but this was overshadowed by a dip (-1.4%) in non-U.S. entries, particularly from Asia (-1.9%) and Europe (-0.7%).
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Employment Insurance - In August, 53,570 British Columbians were recipients of regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits, a decrease of 2.6% (seasonally adjusted) over July. Nationally, the number of Canadians receiving regular benefits dipped 3.0%, partly as a result of hefty drop-offs in the number of claimants in Alberta (-17.3%) and Saskatchewan (-17.9%).
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Small Business Report - British Columbia small businesses generated approximately 35% of the province’s gross domestic product in 2015, well above the Canadian average of 32%. This measure indicates that small business in British Columbia plays a more significant role in the provincial economy than it does in most other parts of the country.
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Manufacturing Sales - Manufacturing sales in British Columbia climbed 2.1% (seasonally adjusted) in August, a notably higher rate than for Canada as a whole (+0.9%). B.C. producers of electrical equipment, appliance and component goods (+12.8%), leather and allied products (+10.5%) and primary metal (+6.3%) made the strongest gains.
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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 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.