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SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1986
WHOLESALE AND
RETAIL,
IMPORT AND EXPORT
TRADES, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS
FINANCING,
555 800 588 700 589 700
+6.1
+0.2
INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE
AND BUSINESS
SERVICES
167 700 177 700 179 200
+6.9
+0.9
* BASED ON UNROUNDED EMPLOYMENT FIGURES.
COMPARED WITH JUNE 1985, EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR DECREASED BY 2.9 PER CENT. ON THE OTHER HAND, EMPLOYMENT IN THE WHOLESALE, RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR AND THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR INCREASED BY 0.2 PER CENT AND 0.9 PER. CENT RESPECTIVELY. OVER THE SAME PERIOD, EMPLOYMENT AT BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES INCREASED BY 0.3 PER CENT.
THE SURVEY ALSO PROVIDES VACANCY STATISTICS FOR THESE MAJOR SECTORS, OTHER THAN FOR BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION. THE OVERALL FIGURES BY MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS, TOGETHER WITH A COMPARISON WITH THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR SEPTEMBER 1984 AND JUNE 1985, ARE AS FOLLOWS:
NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES IN
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
SELECTED MAJOR
SECTORS OF THE
ECONOMY
SEPT 84
JUNE 85 SEPT 85
SEPT 85 ON SEPT 84
SEPT 85 ON JUNE 85
MANUFACTURING
37 740
19 120
20 120
-46.7
+5.2
WHOLESALE AND
RETAIL,
IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS
6 450
5 520
5 EPO
-12.0
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