MONDAY, JULY 16, 1784
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MARCH NOMINAL WAGE INDEXES RISE ******
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THE OVERALL MARCH 1984 NOMINAL WAGE INDEX, AT 117, PHCREASES OF 4.4 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1983 AND * PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH THE MARCH 1983 INDEXES, ACCOMING TO RESULTS PUBLISHED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
A COMPARISON OF MARCH 1984 WITH DECEMBER 1983 INDEXES SHOWS THAT THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEXES FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR AND THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR EACH INCREASED BY 4.6 PER CENT, FOR THE WHOLESALE/RETAIL, IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR BY 3.6 PER CENT, FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR BY 5.3 PER CENT AND FOR THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR BY 2.6 PER CENT.
A COMPARISON OF THE MARCH 1984 WITH MARCH 1983 INDEXES SHOWS THAT THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEXES FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED BY 8.6 PER CENT, FOR THE WHOLESALE/RETAIL, IMPORT/ EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR BY 6.9 PER CENT FOR THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR BY 10.2 PER CENT, FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR BY 7.9 PER CENT, AND FOR THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR BY 6.5 PER CENT.
THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEXES FOR THE PERIOD MARCH 1983 TO MARCH 1984 FOR SELECTED MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 1. DETAILED BREAKDOWNS FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 2.
THE OVERALL REAL WAGE INDEX, AT 97 IN MARCH 1984, SHOWS AN INCREASE OF 2.1 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH THE DECEMBER 1983 FIGURE, BUT A DECREASE OF 0.6 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH MARCH 1983.
A COMPARISON OF THE MARCH 1984 FIGURE WITH THE DECEMBER 1933 FIGURE, SHOWS THAT THE REAL WAGE INDEXES FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED BY 2.3 PER CENT, FOR THE WHOLESALE/RETAIL, IMPORT/ EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR BY 1.3 PER CENT, FOR THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR BY 2.4 PER CENT, AND FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR BY 3.1 PER CENT, WHILE THAT FOR THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR SHOWED NO CHANGE.
A COMPARISON OF MARCH 1984 WITH MARCH 1983 INDEXES SHOWS THAT THE REAL WAGE INDEX FOR THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR INCREASED BY 1.3 PER CENT, WHILE THAT FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR REMAINED RELATIVELY STABLE.
HOWEVER, THOSE FOR THE WHOLESALE/RETAIL, IMPORT/EXPORT TRADE AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR, THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR AND THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR DECLINED BY 2.0 PER CENT, 0.9 PER CENT AND 2.2 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
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