Paul Luke

Paul Luke is the business editor at The Province daily newspaper in Vancouver.

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BC economy expected to lead national growth in 2015 with 2.9% expansion: RBC #BCeconomy

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BC annual inflation rate edges up to 1.2% in August from 1.0% in July: StatsCan #BCinflation

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Mild 4th qtr hiring pace seen for Van area as 11% of employers plan to hire, 8% to shed, 78% to keep current staff level: Manpower #hiring

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BC Aug. jobless rate unchanged at 6.0% as it adds 3,100 jobs but more people seek work; StatsCan #BCjobs

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Benchmark price for Metro Van detached house jumps 17.5% from Aug. 2014 to $1,159,600: Greater Van real estate board #Vancouverdetached

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Average BC house price growth should slow to 3-5% in 2016 following estimated expansion of 8-10% this year: TD Bank #BChouseprices

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Prices of base meals like copper appear to be oversold and should post modest rebound in coming months: Scotiabank #basemetalprices

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Wealthy Canadian parents pay for average of 69% of their children's post-secondary school costs: BMO #Canadaschoolcosts

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Tooth fairy leaves average of $2.46 per tooth under pillow in BC, below Canadian average of $3.44: Visa Canada #toothfairy

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BC jobless rate rises to 6.0% in July from 5.8% in June: StatsCan #BCjobs

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TD Bank forecasts average Vancouver home resale price to climb 10.6% this year, slowing to 4.1% in 2016 #Vancouverhouseresale

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Sharp drop in oil prices and investment in Alberta oil sands to have minimal impact on BC employment: Central 1 Credit Union #BCjobs

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Only 3.6% of BC employees worked outside province in 2011, the lowest percentage in Canada: Central 1 Credit Union #interprovincialworkers

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Canadian familes' spending on social outings, entertaining, groceries, gas more than doubles to $2,735 a month in summer: BMO #summerspend

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BC's June inflation rate unchanged from May at 0.8%, below national rate of 1.0%: StatsCan #BCinflation

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Victoria Canada's best city to be a woman, Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo the worst: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives #citywomen

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BC home sales post 2nd strongest June on record, average price rises 13.5% year-on-year to $631,962: BC Real Estate Ass'n #BChomeprice

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New York-based The Match Group to buy Vancouver-based online dating site PlentyOfFish for $575 million US #PlentfyOfFishcatch

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Canadian households carry average debt of $92,699 but 59% of people believe they'll pay debt off in five years or less: BMO #Canadiandebt

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71% of BC residents would be stressed if interest rates jumped 2 percentage points: BMO #financialstress