THIS AND THAT
Key Indicators from
CPABC’s 2014 BC Check-Up
BC in 2013:
POPULATION
LABOUR FORCE
LABOUR MARKET
up 39,800 to
down
down
4.6 million
8,400
workers
WORKING
SERVICES
down
up
jobs
BUT…
jobs
3,300
jobs
INVESTING
GOODS
8,500
12,900
4,400
EXPORTS
up by
5.9% $33.3 billion
to
VALUE OF EXPORTS
per worker up by
jobs
6.6% $13,543
created in
mining and
oil & gas
extraction
to
LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY
up by
1.8%
LIVING
CONSUMER DEBT
per capita
increased by
4.6% $58,312
to
LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT
fell to
0.8%
(still well above the
pre-recession level of 0.2%)
SHARE OF YOUTH AT RISK
5.3%
fell to
, below
the national average of
8.7%
Infographic by Linda Mitsui, Profile Design Group Inc.
Data source: Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia, BC Check-Up 2014.
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