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Following five consecutive monthly declines, British Columbia employment grew for the first time in October with an increase of 8,300 people (up 0.3...
Optimism among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) was steady but soft in October, according to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business...
Bucking the Canadian trend, B.C. retail spending slowed in August with a one-per-cent drop, in contrast to the 0.4-per-cent national increase. At a...
B.C.’s inflation rate slowed in September on a year-over-year basis to two per cent from 2.4 per cent in August. While the highest rate among...
It was another downbeat month for B.C.’s labour market in September with employment down for a fifth consecutive month. Employment fell by 18,000...
Housing market activity in the Lower Mainland sputtered again in September, even as affordability conditions started to improve for homebuyers....
B.C.’s housing market remained mired in its slump in August despite Bank of Canada rate cuts. On a monthly basis, seasonally adjusted MLS home sales...
Canadian building permits rebounded in July after two months of declining values. This recovery was driven in large part by B.C., where permit values...
Business sentiment among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) improved nationally in August, according to the Canadian Federation of Independent...
The pace of inflation in B.C. sped up in July on a month-to-month basis as the province’s consumer price index rose to 2.8 per cent from 2.6 per...
B.C. employment softened again in July with a monthly decline of 10,300 people (down 0.4 per cent), underperforming the rest of the country. Despite...
Last week was a light one for B.C. economic data, ahead of labour market and early housing market data set to be released this week. The key data...
Housing market activity in B.C. picked up pace in June, following months of low sales volume. Seasonally adjusted MLS home sales in B.C. came in at...
British Columbia saw another monthly decline in employment, with 9,700 fewer people (down 0.3 per cent) working in June. Despite the monthly...
Consistent for the month of April and the national reading, B.C.’s inflation rate remained at 2.9 per cent in May as shelter and gasoline prices...
B.C. building permits skyrocketed in April, suggesting we’ll see a jump-start to construction in the coming months. Building permit values leapt by...
The sluggish spring market in the Lower Mainland continued as buyers sat on the fence through May, waiting for the Bank of Canada’s now-commenced...
Consumer demand wilted during the first quarter as retail spending in Canada declined for a third consecutive month in March. Seasonally adjusted...
The release of local population figures for 2023 confirmed our expectation that growth migrated back to the largest urban areas. Population growth in...
Following the modest increases seen in previous months, B.C. employment expanded by a robust 23,400 people (0.8 per cent) in April with year-over-year...
Housing supply is on the rise in the Lower Mainland as more owners try to capitalize on what is normally the peak selling season, but is instead a...
Consumer weakness looks to have extended through the first quarter, with retail spending in Canada declining for a second consecutive month in...
B.C. housing starts picked up again in March. On a seasonally adjusted annualized basis, urban starts increased to 58,670 in March. This marks an...
Following a modest monthly increase, British Columbia’s workforce reported another mild expansion last month. The number of people employed in the...
Prospects of interest rate relief and waning fears of a recession supported an uptick in B.C. business optimism in March, according to the latest...
B.C.’s housing market performance faltered in February as home sales fell, retracing most of the gains made in the prior month. Seasonally adjusted...
B.C. housing starts rebounded in February after a weak January. On a seasonally adjusted and annualized basis, starts rose to 44,437 last month. This...
B.C. employment growth slowed to a modest 0.2 per cent in February, following a January increase. Year over year, provincial employment increased by a...
Retail spending in Canada reported a surprisingly robust end to 2023. Seasonally adjusted retail sales rose 0.9 per cent from November to December to...
B.C.’s housing market is gaining traction. MLS sales in the province rose to 6,054 units in January, up 4.5 per cent month-to-month, albeit...
Like much of the country, B.C.’s rental market crisis deepened in 2023. The 2023 Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC) Rental Market Survey...
B.C. employers reported a very slight decline in their non-farm payrolls in November. From the latest Survey of Employers, Payroll and Hours (SEPH),...
B.C. employers reported a very slight decline in their non-farm payrolls in November. From the latest Survey of Employers, Payroll and Hours (SEPH),...
The housing market in B.C. ended 2023 with a surprise sales gain. Seasonally adjusted MLS sales rose for the first time since June 2023, with a...
In November, growth in B.C.’s merchandise exports returned to positive territory, achieving a year-over-year gain of 2.5 per cent – the first...
B.C.’s labour market caught an updraft to end the year after little change in both October and November. Total employment rose by 17,700 people (0.6...
Retail spending in Canada gained traction in October following September’s increase. Seasonally adjusted retail sales rose 0.7 per cent...
In October, the consumer price index (CPI) for B.C. decelerated to a year-over-year 2.7 per cent, from 3.3 per cent in September. It was the second...