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MONDALE, PRIL 15, 1985
+AT THIS STAGE ONLY A PRELIMINARY POSITION IS NECESSARY, AND THE COMMUNIQUE IS NECESSARILY IN GENERAL TERMS. BUT THIS WILL NEED TO BE DEVELOPED IN GENEVA, AS DISCUSSIONS IN THE GATT WORKING PARTY ON TEXTILES AND CLOTHING ARE NOW REACHING A CRITICAL STAGE, AND THE NEGOTIATIONS FORMALLY BEGIN AT A GATT TEXTILES COMMITTEE MEETING TENTATIVELY SET FOR JULY 23.
+A MORE DETAILED LINE WILL THEN BE DRAWN UP AT THE NEXT COORDINATION MEETING TO BE HELD IN SEOUL, KOREA IN SEPTEMBER 1985, + MR MACLEOD SAID.
NOMINAL WAGE INDEXES FOR DECEMBER 1984
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THE OVERALL NOMINAL WAGE INDEX FOR DECEMBER 1984, AT 121.1, INCREASED BY 6.2 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH THE DECEMBER 1983 INDEX AND BY 0.6 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH THE SEPTEMBER 1984 INDEX. ACCORDING TO STATISTICS PUBLISHED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
A COMPARISON OF THE DECEMBER 1984 AND DECEMBER 1983 INDEXES SHOWS THAT THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEX FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED BY 8.2 PER CENT, FOR THE WHOLESALE-RETAIL, IMPORT-EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR BY 6.7 PER CENT, FOR THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR BY 10.7 PER CENT, FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR BY 9.5 PER CENT AND FOR THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR BY 5.7 PER CENT,
A COMPARISON OF THE DECEMBER 1984 AND SEPTEMBER 1984 INDEXES SHOWS THAT THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEX FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED BY 0.4 PER CENT, FOR THE WHOLESALE-RETAIL, IMPORT-EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR BY 1.3 PER CENT AND FOR BOTH THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR AND THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR BY 0.6 PER CENT WHILE THAT FOR THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR SHOWED NO CHANGE.
THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEXES FOR THE PERIOD DECEMBER 1983 TO DECEMBER 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 97.9 IN DECEMBER 1984, WAS 3.4 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN DECEMBER 1983 AND 0.7 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN SEPTEMBER 1984.
BETWEEN DECEMBER 1983 AND DECEMBER 1984, THE REAL WAGE INDEX FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED BY 3.5 PER CENT, FOR THE WHOLESALE-RETAIL, IMPORT-EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR BY 1.9 PER CENT, FOR THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR BY 5.7 PER CENT, FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR BY 4.6 PER CENT AND FOR THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR BY 1.1 PER CENT.
/COMPARING DECEMBER