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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1978

RESULTS OF EMPLOYMENT SURVEY IN MAY .

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MORE THAN 86,700 PEOPLE WERE EMPLOYED IN FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES IN MAY 1978, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST EMPLOYMENT SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THE FIGURE REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF THREE PER CENT OR ABOUT 2,260 PEOPLE OVER FEBRUARY 1978 AND 14 PER CENT OR ABOUT 76,000 PEOPLE OVER THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.

THE MAJOR TRADES AND SERVICES IN WHICH THESE PEOPLE WERE ENGAGED ARE : MONETARY INSTITUTIONS (INCLUDING BANKS) (31,393), REAL ESTATE COMPANIES AND AGENCIES (13,540), OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS (10,152) AND INSURANCE COMPANIES (5,089).

THE FOLLOWING TABLE SHOWS THE EMPLOYMENT FIGURES IN THE TRADES AND SERVICES SECTORS IN MAY 1978 AS COMPARED WITH THOSE IN FEBRUARY 1978 AND IN MAY 1977.

MAY

TRADE/SERVICE

FEB. 1977 1978

MAY

1978

CHANGE OF MAY 1978 OVER FEB. 1978

CHANGE OF

MAY 1978 OVER

MAY 1977

NUMBER % CHANGE

NUMBER % CHANGE

MONETARY

INSTITUTIONS 28,868 30,572 31,393

+821 + 2.7

+2,525 + 8.7

OTHER FINANCIAL

INSTITUTIONS 8,923 9,847 10,152

+305

+ 3.1

+1,229 +13.8

FINANCIAL

SERVICES

INSURANCE

729 696

4,632 4,841 5,089

652

-44

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- 6.3

-77 -10.6

+248

+ 5.1

REAL ESTATE

11,041 13,323 13,540

+217

+ 1.6

+457

+2,499

+ 9.9

+22.6

LEGAL SERVICES 3,258 3,675

3,782

+107

+ 2.9

+524 +16.1

ACCOUNTING,

AUDITING AND

BOOK-KEEPING

SERVICES

3,295 4,445

4,265

-180

4.0

+970 +29.4

DATA PROCESSING

AND TABULATING

SERVICES

648

732

735

+3 + 0.4

+87 +13.4

ENGINEERING,

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