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SUNDAY, JULY 10, 1983
A COMPARISON OF THE FIGURES FOR MARCH 1983 WITH THOSE FOR MARCH 1982 SHOWS THAT THERE WERE INCREASES IN EMPLOYMENT IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR, AND IN THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR.
EMPLOYMENT IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR, AT 517 200, WAS 5.5 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN MARCH 1982
AT 164 500, EMPLOYMENT IN THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR WAS 4.3 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN MARCH 1982.
ON THE OTHER HAND, EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR AND ON BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES DECREASED BY 4.2 PER CENT AND 11.7 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1982, HOWEVER, CHANGES IN EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR AND THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR WERE MARGINAL.
DECREASES OF 7.0 PER CENT AND ONE PER CENT WERE REGISTERED : FOR BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES AND FOR THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS' SERVICES SECTOR, RESPECTIVELY.
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 MARCH 1983.
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THE OVERALL FIGURES BY MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS. TOGETHER WITH A COMPARISON WITH THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR MARCH 1982 AND DECEMBER 1982, ARE AS FOLLOWS
M10.
NUMBER OF REPORTED
VACANCIES IN
PERCENTAGE CHANGE +
SELECTED MAJOR
ЯAI..
SECTORS OF
THE ECONOMY
MAR 82
DEC 82
MAR 83
MAR 83 ON MAR 82
MAR 83
--ON DEC 82
MANUFACTURING
44 100
WHOLESALE AND
7 200
23 800
3 900
38 500
-12.5
+62.1
4 800
-33.6
+23.3
RETAIL, IMPORT
AND EXPORT,
AND RESTAURANTS
AND HOTELS
FINANCE INSURANCE,
3 100 1 800
1 900
-37.1
+ 7.5
REAL ESTATE AND
BUSINESS SERVICES
+ BASED ON UNROUNDED VACANCY FIGURES
/COMPARED WITH