CPABC in Focus November/December 2014 | Page 17

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. CPABC in Focus • Nov/Dec 2014  17