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Table 2: Year-on-Year Change in Wage Indices by Selected Major Sector

% change for September 1996 over September 1995

Selected Major Sector

in nominal terms

in real terms

Manufacturing

+ 7.5

+2.2

Wholesale, Retail and Import/Export

Trades, Restaurants and Hotels

+ 5.0

-0.1

Transport Services #

+ 7.0

+1.7

Financing, Insurance, Real

+ 8.4

+3.0

Estate and Business Services

Personal Services ##

+ 6.1

+0.9

All Sectors *

+6.4

+1.2

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Notes:

#

##

Excluding industries related to storage and communications Excluding industries related to community and social services Including the electricity and gas sector

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