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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1988
1988,
EMPLOYMENT IN THE
WHILE THAT IN THE AND RESTAURANTS AND
COMPARING JUNE 1988 WITH MARCH MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED BY 2.3 PER CENT; WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES HOTELS SECTOR AND THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR BOTH INCREASED BY 5.5 PER CENT.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, EMPLOYMENT AT BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES DECREASED BY 5.2 PER CENT.
ALSO
THE QUARTERLY SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL PROVIDES VACANCY STATISTICS FOR THESE SELECTED MAJOR SECTORS. THE VACANCY DATA TOGETHER WITH A COMPARISON WITH THE FIGURES FOR JUNE 1987 AND MARCH 1988 ARE AS FOLLOWS:
CORRESPONDING
NUMBER OF REPORTED
VACANCIES IN *
PERCENTAGE CHANGE**
SELECTED MAJOR
SECTORS OF THE
ECONOMY
JUN. 87 MAR. 88 JUN. 88
JUN. 88
ON JUN. 87
JUN. 88
ON MAR. 88
MANUFACTURING
42,300
57,700
48,460
+14.5
-16.0
WHOLESALE AND
RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT
TRADES AND
RESTAURANTS
AND HOTELS
14,850
33,480
27,590
+85.9
-17.6
FINANCING,
INSURANCE,
REAL ESTATE
AND BUSINESS
SERVICES
5,940
8,890
8,320
FIGURES ARE ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST TEN. ** BASED ON UNROUNDED VACANCY FIGURES.
+40.2
6.4
RELATIVE TO JUNE 1987, THE NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED BY 14.5 PER CENT.
/ON THE