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MONDAY, JULY 14, 1986
MARCH WAGE INDEXES PUBLISHED
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THE OVERALL NOMINAL WAGE INDEX FOR MARCH 1986, AT 131.6, INCREASED BY 5.4 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH MARCH 1985 AND BY 2.3 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1985, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS PUBLISHED TODAY (MONDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
A COMPARISON OF THE MARCH 1986 AND MARCH 1985 INDEXES SHOWS THAT THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEX FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED BY 5.3 PER CENTS FOR THE WHOLESALE-RETAIL, IMPORT- EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR BY 3.2 PER CENT; FOR THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR BY 9.6 PER CENT; FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR BY 7.4 PER CENT; AND FOR THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR BY 4.3 PER CENT.
A COMPARISON OF THE MARCH 1986 AND DECEMBER 1985 INDEXES SHOWS THAT THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEX FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED BY 2.4 PER CENT; FOR THE WHOLESALE-RETAIL, IMPORT- EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR BY 1.2 PER CENT; FOR THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR BY 4.2 PER CENT FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR BY 3.4 PER CENT AND FOR THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR BY 1.0 PER CENT.
THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEXES FOR THE PERIOD MARCH 1985 TO MARCH 1986 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 102.6 IN MARCH 1986, WAS 3.3 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN MARCH 1985 AND 1.3 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN DECEMBER 1985.
FROM MARCH 1985 TO MARCH 1986, THE REAL WAGE INDEX FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED BY 3.2 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 7.5 PER CENT FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR BY 5.2 PER CENT; AND FOR THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR BY 2.3 PER CENT.
COMPARING MARCH 1986 WITH DECEMBER 1985, THE REAL WAGE INDEX FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED BY 1.5 PER CENT; FOR THE WHOLESALE-RETAIL, IMPORT-EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR BY 0.2 PER CENT; FOR THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR BY 3.1 PER CENT: AND FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR BY 2.3 PER CENT; WHILE THAT FOR THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR REMAINED UNCHANGED.
THE REAL WAGE INDEXES FOR THE PERIOD MARCH 1985 TO MARCH 1986 FOR THE SELECTED MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 3.
/THESE NOM NÁL