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Edition: September 16-20, 2019
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Infoline Highlights for the Week of September 16-20
Retail Sales -Sales by retailers in the province slipped 0.8% (seasonally adjusted) in July, following a similar decline in June (-0.7%). Canadian sales inched up 0.4%, marking the first increase in three months.
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Visitor Entries - The number of non-resident travellers entering Canada via B.C. borders was relatively unchanged (-0.0%, seasonally adjusted) at about 730,000 in July. Accounting for nearly 75% of the total visitor entries through B.C. in that month, entries from the U.S. inched down 0.1%.
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Employment Insurance - The number of British Columbians receiving regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits climbed 2.9% (seasonally adjusted) in July, to 42,510. Nationally, EI beneficiaries were up 1.1%, to 450,590.
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Consumer Price Index - British Columbia’s consumer price index (CPI) was 2.0% higher (unadjusted) in August 2019 than in the same month of 2018. On a monthly basis, the CPI dropped 0.2% from July 2019.
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Labour Force Statistics - The unemployment rate in British Columbia was 5.0% in August, up (+0.6 points) from July but down slightly (-0.1 points) from 12 months ago. Overall, the labour force increased (+7,500) and there were fewer jobs (‑8,300) in August.
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- In July, B.C. had a slight increase (+0.2%) in overseas (non-U.S.) visitors but overall the number of non-resident entries remained unchanged from June.
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Did You Know
B.C. has 1,385 homelessness support workers for 4,025 shelter residents, the second highest number in Canada following Ontario, which has 2,235 workers for 8,790 shelter residents.
Source: Statistics Canada
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Headlines
- B.C.'s retail sales slipped slightly in July.
- Inflation in B.C. was higher in August than August 2018.
- B.C.'s unemployment rate was up in August from the month before.

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