Vacancies in:
Increase/Decrease on
1982 Q1 (number)
1981 Q4
1981 Q1
(8)
(号)
Manufacturing sector
44 100
0
-20
Finance, insurance,
3 060
35
24
real estate and business services
sector
Wholesale and retail
5 530
17
14
(including
import/export)
trades
Restaurants and
1 630
-11
6
hotels
Wages and earnings
4.13
As the effect of
and the
immigration on
rate of
the labour force
inflation eased,
gradually lessened
manufacturing wage rates began to increase in real terms.
During the six months ending March 1982, the average daily
wage rates (including fringe benefits) in the manufacturing
sector increased by 1.5% in real terms, compared with
practically no real increase during the
(4)
•
six
previous
of quarterly
months
But, according to the series
statistics on payroll in various sectors of the economy,
(4)
/ payroll
Index of average daily wage rates (including fringe benefits) in the manufacturing sector (July 1973 - June 1974 = 100)
% change
on
previous
% change
% change
on
on a
previous
Nominal
index
year ago
Real
index
% change
on a
year ago
1980
Mar
202
9.2
13.5
134
1.5
-2.9
Sep
214
5.9
15.7
133
-0.7
0.8
1981 Mar
231
7.9
14.4
136
2.3
1.5
Sep
249
7.8-
16.4
136
0
2.3
1982
Mar
269
8.0
16.5
138
1.5
1.5
33