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PROGRESS REPORTS OF VARIOUS WORKING GROUPS WILL ALSO BE PRESENTED AT THE MEETING.
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WAGE INDEXES FOR SEPTEMBER 1988
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THE OVERALL NOMINAL WAGE INDEX FOR SEPTEMBER 1988, AT 164.7, INCREASED BY 10.2 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1987 AND 2.3 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH JUNE 1988. ACCORDING ΤΟ STATISTICS PUBLISHED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
A COMPARISON OF THE SEPTEMBER 1988 AND SEPTEMBER 1987 INDEXES SHOWS THAT THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEX FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED BY 8.6 PER CENT: FOR THE WHOLESALE/RETAIL, IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR BY 12.8 PER CENT; FOR THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR BY 10.4 PER CENT; FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR BY 17.0 PER CENT; AND FOR THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR BY 17.6 PER CENT.
A COMPARISON OF THE SEPTEMBER 1988 AND JUNE 1988 INDEXES SHOWS THAT THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEX FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED BY 1.8 PER CENT; FOR THE WHOLESALE/RETAIL, IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR BY 3.1 PER CENT: FOR THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR BY 2.0 PER CENT; FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR BY 2.3 PER CENT; AND FOR THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR BY 6.7 PER CENT.
THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEXES FOR THE PERIOD SEPTEMBER 1987 TO SEPTEMBER 1988 FOR SELECTED MAJOR RCONOMIC SECTORS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 1. DETAILED BREAKDOWNS FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 2.
THE OVERALL REAL WAGE INDEX, AT 109.2 IN SEPTEMBER 1988, . WAS 1 4 PER CENT 111GHER THAN THAT IN SEPTEMBER 1987 AND 0.5 PER CENT LOWER THAN THAT IN JUNE 1988.
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THE REAL WAGE INDEXES
FOR THE PERIOD SEPTEMBER
1987 ΤΟ
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SEPTEMBER 1988 FOR SELECTED MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS ARE GIVEN TABLE 3.
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