CONSTRUCTION (MANUAL WORKERS
AT CONSTRUCTION
SITES ONLY |
WHOLESALE AND
RETAIL, IMPORT
AND RESTAURANTS
AND EXPORT TRADES
AND HOTELS
FINANCING,
INSURANCE,
REAL ESTATE
AND BUSINESS SERVICES
MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1991
67,500
70,400
70,700
+4.6
+0.3
757,700
804,400 814,800
+7.5
+1.3
249,500
269,300 273,200
+9.5
+1.5
* FIGURES ARE ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST 100. ** BASED ON UNROUNDED EMPLOYMENT FIGURES.
COMPARING SEPTEMBER 1990 WITH JUNE 1990, EMPLOYMENT IN THE
MANUFACTURING SECTOR DECREASED BY 3.3 PER CENT.
HOWEVER, OVER THE SAME PERIOD, EMPLOYMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION SITES, THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR AND THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 0.3 PER CENT, 1.3 PER CENT AND 1.5 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
THE
A DEPARTMENTAL SPOKESMAN SAID THE STATISTICS FOR SELECTED MAJOR SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY IN SEPTEMBER 1990 WERE DERIVED FROM QUARTERLY SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL AND QUARTERLY EMPLOYMENT SURVEY OF CONSTRUCTION SITES CONDUCTED BY DEPARTMENT.
THE
THE
THESE SECTORS COVER THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR; THE CONSTRUCTION SITES; THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR; AND THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL. ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR.
THE QUARTERLY SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL AND THE QUARTERLY EMPLOYMENT SURVEY OF CONSTRUCTION SITES ALSO PROVIDE VACANCY STATISTICS FOR THE SELECTED MAJOR SECTORS.
THE VACANCY DATA TOGETHER WITH A COMPARISON WITH THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR SEPTEMBER 1989 AND JUNE 1990 ARE AS FOLLOWS:
NUMBER OF REPORTED
VACANCIES IN *
PERCENTAGE CHANGE**
SELECTED MAJOR SECTORS OF THE
ECONOMY
SEPT 89 JUNE 90
SEPT 90
SEPT 90 ON
SEPT 89
SEPT 90 ON
JUNE 90
MANUFACTURING
43,960
37,410
36,160
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