This month’s COVID-19 Recovery Dashboard shows a calming of provincial housing markets following record activity in March. Employment in the province felt the impact of new COVID-19 “circuit breaker restrictions” implemented toward the end of March. Those circuit breaks also prompted a dip in retail sales in April. On the other hand, the provincial manufacturing and trade sector continues to be very strong as the global economic recovery takes hold. For a more comprehensive overview of BC's economic recovery, click here.

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