Statistical aggregates
and variables
Index of construction wage
rates (Jan 70 = 100)
FLO 40/1616
Unit Reference
period
Magnitude
% change over
Previous Same period
period a year ago
Mar 83
630
0.6
5.3
Other indicators
Public assistance caseload
no.
Mar 83
51 267
1.4
12.1
Retrenched workers reported to
the Labour Department
no.
1st Qtr.83
2 173
-35.9
-61.5
ACTIVITY IN SELECTED SECTORS
Index of textile production
(1973 = 100)
Electricity consumption
Industrial
Commercial
Domestic
Cement production
Floor area of building
consents
Residential
Commercial
Industrial
Others
Total
4th Qtr.82
90
7.1
-5.3
Mn kWh 1st Qtr.83
862
-20.4
0.7
Mn kWh 1st Qtr.83
1 209
-16.1
16.3
Mn kWh 1st Qtr.83
573
-4.4
16.1
Tonne 1st Qtr.83| 316 655
-25.7
-6.4
sq. m '000
1st Qtr.83
111 -40.5
-32.0
sq. m 1st Qtr.83 '000
135
10.2
-47.4
sq. m 1st Qtr.83
65
-58.3
-82.2
'000
sq. m 1st Qtr.83
50
272.9
135.1
'000
sq. m 1st Qtr.83
361
-24.6
-55.3
'000
48