Economic forecasts for British Columbia include actual values for 2011, estimated values for 2012, and forecast values from 2013 through 2017. The dataset contains major economic assumptions such as GDP, industrial production, housing starts, consumer price index, Canadian and US interest rates, exchange rates, and export price deflator. It was published by the Government of British Columbia on the open_canada platform.
Use Cases
- Forecasting provincial GDP growth based on the GDP forecast values
- Analyzing inflation trends based on the Consumer Price Index data
- Modeling housing market activity based on Housing Starts figures
- Assessing international trade impacts based on Exchange Rates and Export Price Deflator
- Evaluating monetary policy implications based on Canadian and US Interest Rates
Strengths
- Provides a seven-year time series from 2011 actuals to 2017 forecasts
- Includes multiple key macroeconomic indicators as described
- Published by a government source, the Government of British Columbia
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Last updated 2026-04-17 15:29:23.898094; freshness should be verified
Provenance
- Source
- Government of British Columbia
- Time Range
- 2011 to 2017
- Geography
- British Columbia, Canada