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Statistical aggregates
and variables
Unit Reference Magnitude
period
% change over
Previous period
Same period
a year ago
Index of construction wage
rates (Jan 70 = 100)
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
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
Tonne
Mn kWh 1st Qtr.83
1st Qtr.83
573 -4.4
16.1
316 655 -25.7
-6.4
Residential
sq. m '000
1st Qtr.83
111 -40.5
-32.0
Commercial
sq. m '000
1st Qtr.83
135
10.2
-47.4
Industrial
sq. m 1st Qtr.83 '000
65 -58.3
-82.2
Others
sq. m 1st Qtr.83 '000
50 272.9
135.1
Total
sq. m 1st Qtr.83 '000
361
-24.6
-55.3
48