TELECOMMUNICATIONS
AND SOUND RECORDING AND
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TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1985
2 078
690
+1 389
+201
REPRODUCING
APPARATUS
AND EQUIPMENT
ARTICLES OF
1 660
1 460
200
+ 14
APPAREL AND
CLOTHING
ACCESSORIES
OFFICE MACHINES
1 439
439
+1 000
+228
AND AUTOMATIC
DATA PROCESSING
EQUIPMENT
MISCELLANEOUS
1 420
913
507
+ 56
MANUFACTURED
ARTICLES
QUARTERLY LABOUR FORCE FIGURES RELEASED
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THE UNEMPLOYMENT SITUATION IMPROVED WHILE THE UNDEREMPLOYMENT SITUATION DETERIORATED IN THE QUARTER JANUARY - MARCH 1985 WHEN COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS QUARTER ENDING DECEMBER 1984. ACCORDING TO THE LATEST LABOUR FORCE STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR JANUARY - MARCH 1985 WAS 3.3 PER CENT, AS COMPARED WITH THE RATE OF 3.8 PER CENT FOR THE QUARTER ENDING DECEMBER 1984. THE RATE FOR JANUARY - MARCH 1984 WAS 4 PER CENT. THE DECREASES OF 0.5 AND 0.7 PERCENTAGE POINTS OVER THE PREVIOUS QUARTER AND THE SAME QUARTER OF LAST YEAR RESPECTIVELY ARE BOTH STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT, THAT IS, THEY ARE GREATER THAN MIGHT BE EXPECTED TO ARISE FROM SAMPLING ERROR.
THE NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS IN THE QUARTER ENDING MARCH 1985 WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 84 500, AS COMPARED WITH 99 500 FOR THE QUARTER ENDING DECEMBER 1984 AND 102 000 FOR THE QUARTER ENDING MARCH 1984.
/THE UNDEREMPLOYMENT