THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1989
THE
OVERALL SELECTED MAJOR
1988 IN THESE FIGURES FOR DECEMBER EMPLOYMENT
THE WITH COMPARISON WITH SECTORS, ECONOMIC
ARE AS CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR DECEMBER 1987 AND SEPTEMBER 1988,
FOLLOWS:
PERSONS ENGAGED ( EMPLOYMENT) IN✶
PERCENTAGE CHANGE**
SELECTED MAJOR
SECTORS OF THE
ECONOMY
DEC,87
SEPT.88
DEC.87 DEC.88
DEC.88 ON DEC.88 ON
SEPT.88
MANUFACTURING
867,900
CONSTRUCTION
72,500
844,600
73,100
837,100
-3.6
-0.9
76,300
+5.3
+4.5
(MANUAL WORKERS
ON CONSTRUCTION
SITES ONLY)
WHOLESALE
AND
657,900
698,500
711,300
+8.1
+1.8
RETAIL, IMPORT
AND EXPORT TRADES
AND RESTAURANTS
AND HOTELS
FINANCING,
INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE
AND BUSINESS SERVICES
212,200 230,500
235,500
+10.9
+2.1
*
FIGURES ARE ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST 100.
** BASED ON UNROUNDED EMPLOYMENT FIGURES.
COMPARING DECEMBER 1988 WITH SEPTEMBER 1988, EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR DECREASED BY 0.9 PER CENT.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, EMPLOYMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION SITES, THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS
ESTATE AND BUSINESS FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL AND THE
BY INCREASED SECTORS
4.5 PER CENT, 1.8 PER CENT AND
RESPECTIVELY.
SERVICES
CENT
2.1 PER
ALSO (EXCEPT
THE QUARTERLY SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL PROVIDES VACANCY STATISTICS FOR THESE SELECTED MAJOR SECTORS
SITES WHICH ARE COVERED IN A SEPARATE CONSTRUCTION
SURVEY).
VACANCY THE CORRESPONDING
DATA TOGETHER
WITH A COMPARISON
FIGURES
1988 FOR DECEMBER 1987 AND SEPTEMBER
WITH THE ARE AS
FOLLOWS
/NUMBER OF