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NUMBER OF REPORTED
VACANCIES IN*
FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1989
PERCENTAGE CHANGE**
SELECTED MAJOR
SECTORS OF THE
ECONOMY
SEPT 87 JUNE 88 SEPT 88
SEPT 88 ON
SEPT 87
SEPT 88 ON
JUNE 88
MANUFACTURING
WHOLESALE AND
RETAIL, IMPORT
AND RESTAURANTS
AND EXPORT TRADES
AND HOTELS
53,890 48,460
55,070
+ 2.2
25,620
27,590
34,380
+34.2
+13.6
+24.6
FINANCING,
7,610
8,320
9,640
+26.7
+15.9
INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE
AND BUSINESS
SERVICES
FIGURES ARE ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST TEN. ** BASED ON UNROUNDED VACANCY FIGURES.
REPORTED
RELATIVE TO SEPTEMBER 1987, THE NUMBER OF
ON VACANCIES FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED BY 2.2 PER CENT.
IMPORT AND THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS
AN AND HOTELS SECTOR EXPERIENCED
REAL OF 34.2 PER CENT AND THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, INCREASE
ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR AN INCREASE OF 26.7 PER CENT.
VACANCIES IN COMPARED WITH JUNE 1988, THE NUMBER OF REPORTED
AND THE ABOVE THREE SECTORS INCREASED BY 13.6 PER CENT, 24.6 PER CENT 15.9 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN SEPTEMBER 1988.
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