1
% change over
Statistical aggregates
and variables
Unit
Reference
period
Magnitude
Previous period
Same period
a year ago
THE LABOUR SECTOR
Labour force characteristics
Labour force
Unemployed
Employed
Labour force participation
rate
Unemployment rate
Employment
Manufacturing
Finance, insurance,
estate & business
'000
2nd Qtr.82
2 483
0.2
N.A.
'000
2nd Qtr.82
88
4.8
N.A.
'000 2nd Qtr.82
2 395
0.1
N.A.
2nd Qtr.82
64.2
-0.8
N.A.
do
2nd Qtr.82
3.5
2.9
N.A.
'000 Jun 82
903
1.9
-4.2
real
'000
Jun 82
164
4.1
15.8
services
Wholesale and retail
'000
Jun 82
345
2.5
9.3
(including import/
export) trades
Restaurants and hotels
'000
Jun 82
153
0.0
9.7
Building and construction
sites
'000
Jun 82
84
-2.5
-2.8
Civil service
'000
Jun 82
160
1.3
11.9
Wages
Index of manufacturing wage
+
rates (Mar 82 = 100) +
Real, including fringe
Jun 82
99
-0.7
N.A.
benefits
Nominal, including fringe
benefits
Jun 82
102
2.0
N.A.
Provisional figures
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