THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1987
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WAGE INDEXES FOR DECEMBER PUBLISHED
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THE OVERALL NOMINAL WAGE INDEX FOR DECEMBER 1986, AT 137.7, INCREASED BY 7.1 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1985 AND BY 1.1 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1986, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS PUBLISHED TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
A COMPARISON OF THE DECEMBER 1986 AND DECEMBER 1985 INDEXES SHOWS THAT THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEX FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED BY 6.8 PER CENT FOR THE WHOLESALE-RETAIL, IMPORT-EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR BY 6.1 PER CENT FOR THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR BY 8.0 PER CENT FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR BY 9.6 PER CENT AND FOR THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR BY 6.9 PER CENT.
A COMPARISON OF THE DECEMBER 1986 AND SEPTEMBER 1986 INDEXES SHOWS THAT THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEX FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED BY 1.2 PER CENT FOR THE WHOLESALE-RETAIL, IMPORT-EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR BY 1.4 PER CENT= FOR THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR BY 0.6 PER CENT AND FOR THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR BY 2.4 PER CENT WHILE THAT FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR DECREASED BY 0.1 PER CENT.
THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEXES FOR THE PERTOD DECEMBER 1995 TO DECEMBER 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 104.5 IN DECEMBER 1986, WAS 3.2 PER CENT HIGHER THAN THAT IN DECEMBER 1985 AND 0.6 PER CENT HIGHER THAN THAT IN SEPTEMBER 1986.
FROM DECEMBER 1985 TO DECEMBER 1986, THE REAL WAGE INDEX FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED BY 3.1 PER CENT FOR THE WHOLESALE-RETAIL, IMPORT-EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR BY 2.4 PER CENT FOR THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR BY 4.2 PER CENT FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR BY 5.8 PER CENT AND FOR THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR BY 3.1 PER CENT.
COMPARING DECEMBER 1986 WITH SEPTEMBER 1986, THE REAL WAGE INDEX FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED BY 0.7 PER CENT FOR THE WHOLESALE-RETAIL, IMPORT-EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR BY 1.0 PER CENT, FOR THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR BY 0.1 PER CENT, AND FOR THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR BY 1.9 PER CENT, WHILE THAT FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR DECREASED BY 0.5 PER CENT.
THE REAL WAGE INDEXES FOR THE PERIOD DECEMBER 1985 TO DECEMBER 1986 FOR SELECTED MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 3.
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