Infoline Highlights: Coverage for the week of August 27-31

Bankruptcies - There were 352 bankruptcies filed by consumers in British Columbia in June, a 9.0% decline from the same month of 2017. Meanwhile, the number of business bankruptcies was also notably lower (-66.7% to three).
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Industrial Product Price Index - Canadian manufacturers’ prices were notably higher (+6.6%) this July than in the same month of 2017. A 27.8% year-over-year surge in the price of energy and petroleum products was the largest contributor to the overall increase, and price boosts for pulp and paper (+17.3%) and primary non-ferrous metal (+7.8%) products also exerted upward pressure.
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Gross Domestic Product, 2nd Quarter - The Canadian economy picked up speed in the second quarter, expanding 0.7% (real GDP at market prices, seasonally adjusted, chained 2007 dollars), following three quarters of steady, but more modest, growth of 0.4%.
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Gross Domestic Product -The Canadian economy was essentially unchanged (+0.0%, seasonally adjusted) in June, following a 0.5% increase in the previous month. GDP in goods-producing industries contracted 0.2%, mainly due to a decline in mining, quarrying, and oil & gas extraction (-0.9%) as non-conventional oil extraction contracted (-2.4%) for the first time in five months.
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Average Weekly Earnings - Average weekly earnings of payroll employees in British Columbia (seasonally adjusted, current dollars) were 2.0% higher in June compared to the same month of 2017, reaching $963.19. Nationally, average weekly earnings were up 2.8% (to $999.74) over June 2017.
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• BC Public Service Exit Survey
• Canada-BC Job Grant Outcomes Survey
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• New Job Survey
• Online Games Survey
  

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