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FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1992
THE VACANCY
TOGETHER DATA
WITH
A
COMPARISON
WITH
THE
CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR MARCH 1991 AND DECEMBER 1991 ARE AS FOLLOWS:
NUMBER OF REPORTED
VACANCIES
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
SELECTED MAJOR
SECTORS OF THE
ECONOMY
MAR 91
DEC 91
MAR 92
MAR 92 OVER MAR 91
MAR 92 OVER DEC 91
MANUFACTURING
31,760
22,980
25,060
-21.1
+ 9.1
CONSTRUCTION
1,150
560
770
-33.4
+37.1
(MANUAL WORKERS
ON CONSTRUCTION
SITES ONLY)
WHOLESALE,
33,240
30,230
35,340
+ 6.3
+16.9
RETAIL AND
IMPORT/EXPORT
TRADES,
RESTAURANTS
AND HOTELS
FINANCING,
9.150
8,180
10,240
+11.9
+25.2
INSURANCE,
REAL ESTATE
AND BUSINESS
SERVICES
COMPARING MARCH 1992 WITH MARCH 1991, THE NUMBER OF IN SOME MAJOR SECTORS DECLINED.
VACANCIES
THE
TOTAL NUMBER
OF REPORTED VACANCIES, DECREASED BY 4.6% IN MARCH 1992 OVER MARCH 1991.
AT AROUND
92,140,
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DECLINE WAS RECORDED SITES, BY 33.4%, FOLLOWED BY DECLINE IN THE MANUFACTURING 21.1%.
ON
CONSTRUCTION
SECTOR
BY
THE FINANCING, ON THE OTHER HAND, THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES IN INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR AND THE WHOLESALE, RETAIL
IMPORT/EXPORT 'NCREASED BY 11.9% AND 6.3% RESPECTIVELY.
AND
TRADES,
RESTAURANTS
AND
COMPARING THE VACANCY SITUATION IN MARCH 1992
HOTELS
SECTOR
WITH THAT IN COULD BE
DECEMBER 1991, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES INCREASED IN ALL THESE SECTORS.
/THE MOST