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Change from Previous Quarter

(Percent change unless otherwise indicated)


Indicator	2009				2010				2011

Business Sector	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4

Total Hours Worked — All workers, all jobs	1.5	0.6	-0.3	-0.5	-0.6	1.3	-0.4	1.5	-	-	-	-
Average Weekly Wage Rate (raw) — All ind	0.9	1.4	0.4	-1.1	1.0	0.6	0.7	1.1	-	-	-	-
Manufacturing Shipments	5.1	1.2	-0.1	2.3	4.5	-1.1	1.9	-	-	-	-	-
Exports, BC Origin	7.8	10.1	-5.2	9.1	3.5	-0.1	8.0	-	-	-	-	-
Non-Residential Construction Investment	-1.5	-4.5	-6.4	-1.9	0.3	-6.4	3.8	5.3	-0.4	2.6	0.1	-
Non-Residential Building Permits	-16.9	28.6	30.9	-4.1	-20.4	25.2	-11.6	4.1	-	-	-	-
Business Bankruptcies (raw)	9.1	-16.7	-16.7	-6.0	-4.3	15.6	-9.6	-	-	-	-	-


Consumer Sector	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4

Retail Sales	1.2	-0.4	-0.3	1.7	-0.8	1.8	0.3	-	-	-	-	-
Housing Starts (SAAR)	29.3	-3.4	-1.5	-3.4	-5.1	8.1	6.9	-4.3	-	-	-	-
Residential Construction Investment	-15.7	-3.7	-0.1	0.0	10.3	-3.4	14.9	-10.5	3.4	-1.1	6.1	-
Consumer Bankruptcies (raw)	6.0	4.9	-14.1	10.5	-9.7	-6.7	-3.5	-	-	-	-	-


Labour Market	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4

Total Employed	0.8	0.3	0.6	0.1	-0.4	0.6	0.4	0.3	-	-	-	-
Public Employees	1.2	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	1.0	-2.5	-1.0	4.8	-	-	-	-
Private Employees	1.6	0.8	1.5	1.5	-1.3	0.5	2.0	-0.1	-	-	-	-
Self-Employed	-1.9	-0.7	-1.3	-4.5	1.2	3.9	-3.2	-2.7	-	-	-	-
Full-Time Employment	0.8	0.0	0.3	-0.6	-0.2	0.5	0.7	1.1	-	-	-	-
Part-Time Employment	0.7	1.6	1.9	2.3	-0.9	0.7	-0.5	-2.4	-	-	-	-
Unemployed	-4.6	-2.7	1.2	-2.6	12.1	-9.1	-4.8	-4.1	-	-	-	-
Unemployment Rate (point change)	-0.37	-0.23	0.03	-0.17	0.87	-0.80	-0.33	-0.27	-	-	-	-


Demographics	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4

Net Inter-Provincial Migration (#)	1,613	2,031	592	442	-98	-723	-723	-	-	-	-	-

Sources: Statistics Canada (CANSIM), BC Stats
Note: Except where indicated, quarterly numbers are derived from monthly seasonally adjusted figures (housing starts are from seasonally adjusted at annual rates figures).

Note: A report documenting BC's economic performance in the third quarter of 2010 was produced for the December issue of Business Indicators.