+
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1992
CONSTRUCTION
1,330
760
560
-58.0
-26.5
(MANUAL WORKERS
ON CONSTRUCTION
SITES ONLY)
WHOLESALE, RETAIL
27,660
28,220
30,230
+9.3
+7.1
AND IMPORT/EXPORT
TRADES,
RESTAURANTS AND
HOTELS
FINANCING,
8,870
8,480
8,180
-7.8
-3.4
INSURANCE,
REAL ESTATE
AND BUSINESS
SERVICES
COMPARING DECEMBER 1991 WITH DECEMBER 1990, THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES IN MOST OF THESE MAJOR SECTORS DECLINED. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES, AT AROUND 82,140, DECREASED BY 8.0% IN DECEMBER 1991 OVER DECEMBER 1990.
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DECLINE WAS RECORDED ON CONSTRUCTION SITES, BY 58.0%, FOLLOWED BY DECLINES IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR AND IN THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR, BY 20.7% AND 7.8% RESPECTIVELY.
*HOWEVER, THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES IN THE WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR INCREASED BY 9.1
3%.
COMPARING THE VACANCY SITUATION IN DECEMBER WITH THAT IN SEPTEMBER, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON COULD BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES IN MANUFACTURING FELL SLIGHTLY BY 1.4% IN DECEMBER 1991 OVER SEPTEMBER 1991.
THOSE IN FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES FELL BY 3.4%.
ON THE OTHER HAND, VACANCIES IN WHOLESALE, RETAIL, IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS IN DECEMBER INCREASED 7.1% OVER SEPTEMBER.
BY
IN OVERALL TERMS, THERE WAS A NET INCREASE OF ABOUT 0.3% IN THE TOTAL VACANCIES IN DECEMBER OVER SEPTEMBER.
BY
THE DECEMBER 1991 NOMINAL INDICES OF PAYROLL PER PERSON ENGAGED SELECTED MAJOR SECTOR AND THE CORRESPONDING REAL INDICES (AFTER ALLOWING FOR THE EFFECTS OF PRICE CHANGES) ARE GIVEN BELOW:
/NOMINAL INDEX