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ON THE OTHER HAND, EMPLOYMENT ON BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES DECREASED BY 13.9 PER CENT. AT 161 700, EMPLOYMENT IN THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR DECREASED BY 2.7 PER CENT.
COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1983, AN INCREASE OF 0.9 PER CENT WAS RECORDED FOR THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR.
HOWEVER, MARGINAL DECREASES OF 1.1 PER CENT, 0.8 PER CENT AND 0.6 PER CENT WERE REGISTERED FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR. BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES, AND THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR RESPECTIVELY.
TOGETHER WITH THE EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS, THE SURVEY ALSO PROVIDED VACANCY STATISTICS FOR THESE SECTORS, OTHER THAN FOR BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION. THE OVERALL FIGURES BY MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS, TOGETHER WITH A COMPARISON WITH THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR DECEMBER 1982 AND SEPTEMBER 1983, ARE AS FOLLOWS:
SELECTED
NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES IN
PERCENTAGE CHANGE *
MAJOR SECTORS
OF THE ECONOMY
DEC. 82
SEPT. 83 DEC. 83
DEC. 82
DEC. 83 ON DEC. 83 ON
SEPT. 83
MANUFACTURING 23 780
41 130
32 530
+36.8
-20.9
WHOLESALE
AND RETAIL,
IMPORT AND
3 860
4 050
4 820
+25.1
+19.2
AND EXPORT
RESTAURANTS
AND HOTELS
FINANCE,
INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE
AND BUSINESS SERVICES
1 790 1 540
1 780
-
- 0.8
+15.5
* BASED ON UNROUNDED VACANCY FIGURES
COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING MONTH IN 1982, INCREASES OF 36.8 PER CENT AND 25.1 PER CENT IN THE NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES WERE RECORDED FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR AND THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR RESPECTIVELY. OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR REGISTERED A MARGINAL DÉCLINE OF 0.8 PER CENT.
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