% change over
Statistical aggregates
and variables
Unit
Reference Magnitude
period
Previous Same period
period
a year ago
THE LABOUR SECTOR
.
Labour force characteristics
Labour force
'000
3rd Qtr.83*
2 534
0.0
0.8
Unemployed
'000
3rd Qtr.83*
105
-6.3
4.0
Employed
'000
3rd Qtr.83*
2 429
0.3
0.7
Labour force participation
8
3rd Qtr.83*
64.4
0.0
-0.8
rate
Adjusted unemployment rate
3rd Qtr.83
3.8
-13.6
5.6
Employment
Manufacturing
'000
Jun 83
903
6.4
0.0
Finance, insurance, real
'000
Jun 83
163
-0.7
-0.5
estate & business services
Wholesale, retail and
1000
Jun 83
357
0.1
3.4
import/export trades
Restaurants and hotels
'000
Jun 83
163
1.6
6.5
Building and construction
sites
'000
Jun 83
74
-2.6
-11.8
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Civil service
'000
Jun 83
167
1.3
5.4
Wages
Index of manufacturing wage
rates (Mar 1982 = 100)
Real, including fringe
Jun 83
98
1.0
-1.0
benefits
Nominal, including fringe
benefits
Jun 83
110
1.9
7.8
* Provisional figure
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