12
FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1994
WHOLESALE, RETAIL
33,550 31,370
27,500
-18.0
-12.3
AND IMPORT/EXPORT
TRADES, RESTAURANTS
AND HOTELS
FINANCING, INSURANCE, 8,830
11.210
10,440
+18.3
- 6.9
REAL ESTATE AND
BUSINESS SERVICES
COMPARING DECEMBER 1993 WITH DECEMBER 1992, MANUFACTURING SECTOR AND IN THE WHOLESALE, RETAIL
HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS
VACANCIES IN THE AND IMPORT/EXPORT SECTOR FELL BY 32.8% AND 18.0%
TRADES,
RESPECTIVELY.
HOWEVER, IN THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND SERVICES SECTOR, THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES INCREASED BY 18.3%.
VACANCIES ON CONSTRUCTION SITES ALSO RECORDED AN 11.2% IN DECEMBER 1993 OVER A YEAR EARLIER.
BUSINESS
INCREASE OF
THE DECEMBER 1993 NOMINAL INDICES OF PAYROLL PER PERSON ENGAGED INDICES (AFTER SELECTED MAJOR SECTORS AND THE CORRESPONDING REAL ALLOWING FOR THE EFFECTS OF PRICE CHANGES) ARE GIVEN BELOW:
IN
NOMINAL INDEX OF
PAYROLL PER PERSON ENGAGED
(MARCH 1991 =100)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
SELECTED MAJOR
ECONOMIC SECTOR
DEC 92
DEC 93
MANUFACTURING
145.1
149.1
WHOLESALE, RETAIL
143.2
158.2
AND IMPORT/EXPORT
TRADES, RESTAURANTS
AND HOTELS
FINANCING, INSURANCE,
148.2
176.4
REAL ESTATE AND
BUSINESS SERVICES
DEC 93 OVER
DEC 92
+ 2.8
+10.5
+19.0
REAL INDEX OF
PAYROLL PER PERSON ENGAGED
(MARCH 1991 100)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
SELECTED MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTOR
DEC 92
DEC 93
DEC 93 OVER
DEC 92
125.6
118.9
-
5.
3
RETAIL
124.0
126.2
+ 1.8
MANUFACTURING
WHOLESALE,
AND IMPORT/EXPORT
TRADES, RESTAURANTS
AND HOTELS
/FINANCING, INSURANCE,
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