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FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1993
SELECTED MAJOR SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY
DEC 91
DEC 92
NOMINAL INDEX OF
PAYROLL PER PERSON ENGAGED
(MARCH 1991 = 100)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
DEC 92
OVER DEC 91
MANUFACTURING
116.6
145.1
+24.4
WHOLESALE, RETAIL
129.2
143.2
+10.8
AND IMPORT/EXPORT
TRADES, RESTAURANTS
AND HOTELS
FINANCING,
132.7
148.2
+11.7
INSURANCE,
REAL ESTATE
AND BUSINESS
SERVICES
SELECTED MAJOR SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY
MANUFACTURING
WHOLESALE, RETAIL
AND IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS
FINANCING,
INSURANCE,
REAL ESTATE
AND BUSINESS
SERVICES
REAL INDEX OF
PAYROLL PER PERSON ENGAGED
(MARCH 1991 =100)
DEC 91 DEC 92
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
DEC 92
OVER DEC 91
110.4
125.6
+13.8
122.
3
124.0
+ 1.4
125.7
128.3
+ 2.1
BETWEEN DECEMBER 1991 AND DECEMBER 1992, AVERAGE BARNINGS IN ALL MAJOR SECTORS, AS MEASURED BY PAYROLL PER PERSON ENGAGED, RECORDED FURTHER INCREASES IN MONEY TERMS.
AN INCREASE OF 24.4% WAS REGISTERED IN THE NOMINAL INDEX FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR.
BONUS YEAR
AND
THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE WAS LARGELY DUE TO THE ISSUANCE OF SHORTLY BEFORE THE LUNAR NEW YEAR, WHICH WAS IN JANUARY BUT IN FEBRUARY LAST YEAR.
FOR THE WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES, HOTELS SECTOR, THE INCREASE WAS 10.8%.
THIS
RESTAURANTS
/FOR THE