SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1982
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A COMPARISON OF THE FIGURES FOR JUNE 1982 WITH THOSE FOR JUNE 1981 SHOWS INCREASES IN EMPLOYMENT IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR AND THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR. EMPLOYMENT IN THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR CONTINUED TO GROW RAPIDLY. AT 164 100, EMPLOYMENT IN THIS SECTOR WAS 15.8 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN JUNE 1981. EMPLOYMENT IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR AT 498 700, WAS 9.4 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN JUNE 1981. ON THE OTHER HAND, EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR AND ON BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES DECREASED BY 4.2 PER CENT AND 2.8 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
COMPARING THE EMPLOYMENT FIGURES FOR JUNE 1982 WITH THOSE FOR MARCH 1982, THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR, AND THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR SHOWED INCREASES OF 1.9 PER CENT, 1.7 PER CENT AND 4.1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. ON THE OTHER HAND, A DECREASE OF 2.5 PER CENT IN EMPLOYMENT ON BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES WAS REGISTERED.
TOGETHER WITH THE EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS, THE SURVEY ALSO PROVIDED VACANCY STATISTICS FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR, AND THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR IN JUNE 1982. THE OVERALL FIGURES BY MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS, TOGETHER WITH A COMPARISON WITH THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR JUNE 1981 AND MARCH 1982, ARE AS FOLLOWS:
NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES IN
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
SECTOR OF THE ECONOMY
JUNE 81
MAR. 82
JUNE 82
JUNE 82 ON
JUNE 81
JUNE 82 ON
MAR. 82
MANUFACTURING
42 000
WHOLESALE AND
5 000
44 100
7 200
26 900
5 200
35.8
4.0
38.8
- 26.8
RETAIL.
IMPORT AND EXPORT, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS
FINANCE
INSURANCE REAL ESTATE
AND BUSINESS
SERVICES
2 100
3 100
1 900
- 12.7
39.0
/COMPARING THE