DTZ Barnicke Economic Index - British Columbia January 2011
BC Business Indicators Data as of month Wholesale Sales ($ Million)
4,098.5
11/2010
Retail Sales ($ Million)
4,950.1
11/2010
Residential
388,527
11/2010
Industrial
22,050
11/2010
Commercial
175,044
11/2010
30.0
12/2010
Durable
1,480,725
11/2010
Non-Durable
1,531,554
11/2010
114.6
12/2010
2,335.2
11/2010
Building Permits ($ Thousand)
Housing Starts (Thousands) Manufacturing ($ Thousand)
CPI Exports ($ Million)
National Financial Indicators BC Demographic Indicators
Data as of month Data as of month
Dow Jones
11,577.5
12/2010
S&P/TSX Composite
13,443.2
12/2010
Bank of Canada Rate
1.25
12/2010
Unemployment Rate
7.6%
12/2010
Population (Thousands)
4,552
10/2010
Trade
366.1
12/2010
Transportation/Warehousing
133.9
12/2010
FIRE Industries
139.3
12/2010
Definitions
Scientific/Technical
184.7
12/2010
CPI - Consumer Price Index - measures the estimated average price of consumer goods and services purchased by households.
Culture/Recreation
107.2
12/2010
Unemployment Rate - Percentage of the labour force (aged 15 and over) that is actively seeking work but unable to find employment.
Employment (Thousands)
Legend
CAD/USD Prime Rate
1.0118 3.00
2/2011 12/2010
FIRE Industries - Denotes Finance, Insurance and Real Estate occupation groups. Denotes upward movement from last month
Dow Jones - Denotes the price-weighted average of 30 stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq.
Denotes downward movement from last month
S&P/TSX Composite - Index of the stock (equity) prices of the largest companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX).
Denotes no change in movement from last month Data Sources
CAD/USD - Denotes the value of the Canadian dollar in US dollars.
- BC Stats (Jan, 2011). Business Indicators. Province of British Columbia Issue 01-11. - BC Stats (2011). BC Stats Quarterly Population - Bank of Canada (Feb 2011) Rates and Statisitics: Daily Digest.
Building Permits - Denotes the monthly value of all building permits registered to a municipal corporation in British Columbia.
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