TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1984
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EMPLOYMENT IN THE FINANCE,
IN THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR, AT 165 000, INCREASED BY 0.4 PER CENT OVER THE MARCH 1983 FIGURE OF 164 500.
ON THE OTHER HAND, EMPLOYMENT ON BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES, AT 71 600, DECREASED BY 6,2 PER CENT COMPARED WITH THE MARCH 1983 FIGURE OF 76 400.
A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE STATISTICS FOR MAJOR SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY IN MARCH 1984 WERE DERIVED FROM THE SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL CONDUCTED EVERY QUARTER BY THE DEPARTMENT, COVERING THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR, AND THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR.
A SEPARATE EMPLOYMENT SURVEY COVERS BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES. THE OVERALL FIGURES BY MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS, TOGETHER WITH A COMPARISON WITH THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR MARCH 1983 AND DECEMBER 1983, ARE AS FOLLOWS:
PERSONS ENGAGED EMPLOYMENT) IN
PERCENTAGE CHANGE *
SELECTED MAJOR SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY
MAR. 83 DEC. 83 MAR. 84
MAR. 84 ON
MAR. 83
MAR. 84 ON
DEC. 83
MANUFACTURING
848 700 855 400 869 300
+ 2.4
+ 1.6
BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION (MANUAL WORKERS ON SITES ONLY)
76 400
70 600 71 600
- 6.2
+ 1.4
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS
FINANCE
INSURANCE,
517 200 532 000
533 100
+ 3.1
+ J.2
REAL ESTATE
AND BUSINESS
SERVICES
164 500 161 700 165 000
+ 0.4
+ 2.1
* BASED ON UNROUNDED EMPLOYMENT FIGURES
RELATIVE TO DECEMBER 1983, EMPLOYMENT INCREASED IN ALL OF THE ABOVE SECTORS. THE INCREASES FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES, THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR, AND THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR WERE 1.6 PER CENT, 1.4 PER CENT, 0.2 PER CENT AND 2.1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
/THE SURVEY