MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 1987
WHOLESALE AND
RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS
FINANCING,
INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE
AND BUSINESS
SERVICES
11
589 700 610 800 614 900
+4.3
+0.7
179 200 189 300 191 100
+6.6
+0.9
* BASED ON UNROUNDED EMPLOYMENT FIGURES.
COMPARING SEPTEMBER 1986 WITH JUNE 1986, EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR DECREASED BY 1.8 PER CENT, OVER THE SAME PERIOD, EMPLOYMENT ON BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR' AND IN THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR INCREASED BY 7.7 PER CENT, 0.7 PER CENT, AND 0.9 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
THE SURVEY ALSO PROVIDES VACANCY STATISTICS FOR THESE SELECTED MAJOR SECTOR, OTHER THAN FOR BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION, THE OVERALL FIGURES BY SELECTED MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS, TOGETHER WITH A COMPARISON WITH THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR SEPTEMBER 1985 AND JUNE 1986, ARE AS FOLLOWS:
NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES IN
PERCENTAGE CHANGEX
SELECTED MAJOR
SECTORS OF THE
ECONOMY
SEPT 85 JUN. 86 SEPT 86
SEPT 86
ON SEPT 85
SEPT 66
ON JUN, 86
MANUFACTURING
20 120
22 840
32 090
+59.5
+40.5
WHOLESALE AND
5 680
7 070
8 530
+30.1
+20.6
RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT
TRADES AND
RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS
FINANCING.
INSURANCE
REAL ESTATE
AND BUSINESS
SERVICES
*
2 580
2 550
2 930
+13.6
+14.8
BASED ON UNROUNDED VACANCY FIGURES.
/RELATIVE TO