SUNDAY, APRIL 12, 1987
DECEMBER EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES, PAYROLL STATISTICS OUT
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THERE WERE 865 600 PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN DECEMBER 1986, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 2.1 PER CENT IN COMPARISON WITH DECEMBER 1985, ACCORDING TO FIGURES RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
EMPLOYMENT IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR, AT 620 100 IN DECEMBER 1986, WAS 3.3 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN DECEMBER 1985.
EMPLOYMENT IN THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR, AT 194 300, WAS UP BY 7.4 PER CENT.
EMPLOYMENT ON BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES INCREASED BY 6.8 PER CENT COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1985.
A DEPARTMENTAL SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE STATISTICS FOR SELECTED MAJOR SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY IN DECEMBER 1986 WERE DERIVED FROM THE SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL CONDUCTED EVERY QUARTER BY THE DEPARTMENT.
THESE SECTORS COVER THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR, AND THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR. THERE IS A SEPARATE EMPLOYMENT SURVEY COVERING BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES.
THE OVERALL EMPLOYMENT FIGURES FOR DECEMBER 1986 IN THESE SELECTED MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS, BY COMPARISON WITH THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR DECEMBER 1985 AND SEPTEMBER 1986, ARE AS FOLLOWS:
PERSONS ENGAGED (EMPLOYMENT) IN
PERCENTAGE CHANGE*
SELECTED MAJOR SECTORS OF THE
ECONOMY
DEC. 85
SEPT. 86 DEC. 86
DEC. 86 ON DEC. 85
DEC. 86 ON SEPT. 86
MANUFACTURING
847 600
BUILDING AND
66 300
869 800
69 000
865 600
70 800
+2.1
-0.5
+6.8
+2.7
CONSTRUCTION (MANUAL WORKERS ON SITES ONLY)
/WHOLESALE AND ...................