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Edition: September 6, 2016
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Infoline Highlights: Coverage for the week of August 29-September 2
Exports - The value of B.C. origin exports edged up 1.2% over the first seven months of 2016, compared to the same January to July period a year earlier.
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Nankruptcies -The number of bankruptcies registered by B.C. businesses (-5.3%) and consumers (-20.1%) dropped in June of 2016 from the same period a year prior.
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Food Services and Drinking Places -Revenues in the province’s food services and drinking places industry climbed 1.2% (seasonally adjusted) in June, rebounding from a stall (-0.1%) in the previous month.
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GDP by Industry - Canadian real GDP by industry at basic prices (seasonally adjusted) advanced 0.6% in June offsetting the 0.6% decline in May.
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Industrial Product Price Index - Canadian manufacturers’ prices were 1.3% lower this July than in the same month last year, largely due to falling prices for energy and petroleum (-13.0%) and chemical (-5.5%) products.
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Solid wood product exports jumped 17.6% over the first seven months of 2016.
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Did You Know
B.C.’s homeownership rate is 70%, slightly higher than the national rate of 69%.
Source: Statistics Canada

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Headlines
- Solid wood product exports jumped 17.6% over the first seven months of 2016.
- The number of bankruptcies are down in B.C. even though nationally they have risen.
- Nationally, revenues from restaurants and bars crept up.

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