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FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1992
CONSTRUCTION (MANUAL WORKERS
1,860
940
760
-59.0
-19.1
ON CONSTRUCTION
SITES ONLY)
WHOLESALE, RETAIL
29,990 24,910 28,220
-5.9
+13.3
AND IMPORT/EXPORT
TRADES, RESTAURANTS
AND HOTELS
FINANCING,
9,150 8,730
8,480
-7.3
-2.9
INSURANCE,
REAL ESTATE
AND BUSINESS SERVICES
COMPARING SEPTEMBER 1991 WITH SEPTEMBER 1990, THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES IN THESE MAJOR SECTORS DECLINED.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES, AT AROUND 81,870, DECREASED BY 17.3 % IN SEPTEMBER 1991 OVER SEPTEMBER 1990.
THE MOST SITES, BY 59.0 %.
SIGNIFICANT DECLINE WAS RECORDED ON CONSTRUCTION
SECTOR;
THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY THE DECLINE IN THE MANUFACTURING FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR; THE WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR; BY 35.6 %, 7.3 % AND 5.9 % RESPECTIVELY.
THE AND
COMPARING THE VACANCY SITUATION IN SEPTEMBER WITH THAT IN JUNE, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON COULD BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES IN MANUFACTURING FELL
BY 7.7% IN SEPTEMBER 1991 OVER JUNE 1991.
THOSE IN FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES FELL BY 2.9%.
ON
THE OTHER HAND,
VACANCIES IN WHOLESALE, RETAIL, IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS IN SEPTEMBER INCREASED BY
OVER JUNE.
13.3%
IN OVERALL TERMS, THERE WAS A NET INCREASE OF ABOUT 2.9% IN TOTAL VACANCIES IN SEPTEMBER OVER JUNE.
THE SEPTEMBER 1991 NOMINAL INDICES OF PAYROLL PER PERSON ENGAGED BY MAJOR SECTORS AND THE CORRESPONDING REAL INDICES (AFTER ALLOWING FOR THE EFFECTS OF PRICE CHANGES) ARE GIVEN BELOW :
/NOMINAL INDEX