FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1992
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MARCH 1992 EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL STATISTICS RELEASED
THE IN
THERE
WHOLESALE, WAS CONTINUED GROWTH IN EMPLOYMENT RETAIL AND IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR AND THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR MARCH THIS YEAR OVER A YEAR EARLIER.
IN
THE
MANUFACTURING
MEANWHILE, EMPLOYMENT CONSTRUCTION SITES DECLINED MARKEDLY.
THE FALL
IN
EMPLOYMENT MANUFACTURING
IN
SECTOR
AND
ON
REFLECTED MAINLY
THE WITH THE
CONTINUED STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN THE ECONOMY, IN CONNECTION RELOCATION OF INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES TO CHINA.
OVERALL, EMPLOYMENT
TAKEN WITH MARCH
IN ALL THE MAJOR SECTORS SURVEYED TOGETHER SHOWED A SLIGHT DECREASE IN MARCH 1992 COMPARED LAST YEAR.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VACANCIES IN ALL MAJOR DURING THE FIRST QUARTER.
SECTORS
INCREASED
COMBINED THAN
IN MARCH 1992, THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES IN ALL SECTORS REMARKABLY LARGER THAN IN DECEMBER 1991, THOUGH STILL LOWER IN MARCH 1991.
WAS
IN MARCH 1992, EARNINGS IN ALL MAJOR SECTORS CONTINUED TO SHOW SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN MONEY TERMS OVER A YEAR EARLIER.
AFTER ADJUSTING FOR INFLATION, THERE WAS STILL AN INCREASE REAL TERMS FOR AVERAGE EARNINGS IN SOME OF THE SECTORS.
IN
CENSUS THE
ACCORDING TO THE FIGURES RELEASED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, THERE WERE 605,200 PERSONS ENGAGED IN MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN MARCH 1992, REPRESENTING A DECREASE OF FROM MARCH 1991.
13.1%
TRADES,
1992, WAS 1.2%
EMPLOYMENT IN THE WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND IMPORT/EXPORT RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR, AT 863,200 IN MARCH HIGHER THAN IN MARCH 1991.
IN EMPLOYMENT
THE
INSURANCE, FINANCING,
BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR, AT 303,400, WAS UP BY 9.7%.
REAL
ESTATE
AND
EMPLOYMENT ON
CONSTRUCTION SITES, AT 62,100, WAS
7.2% LOWER
THAN IN MARCH 1991.
THE
EMPLOYMENT FIGURES FOR
MARCH
1992
IN
SELECTED
CONOMIC SECTORS, WITH COMPARISONS WITH THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES MARCH 1991 AND DECEMBER 1991, ARE AS FOLLOWS:
MAJOR FOR
/PERSONS ENGAGED
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