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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Current Surveys

• 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
  
• FrontCounter BC Customer Satisfaction Survey
• Long Term Disability (LTD) Application Process Survey
• WES Pulse Check
• Workforce Development Agreement Outcomes
• Workforce Development Agreement Employer Outcomes
  

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