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SECTOR OF THE ECONOMY

MANUFACTURING

BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION (MANUAL WORKERS 'N SITES ONLY)

HOLESALE AND

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EMPLOYMENT IN

FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1981

PERCENTAGE INCREASE

DEC. 80 ON

DEC. 80 ON

DEC. 79 SEPT. 80 DEC. 80 DEC. 79

SEPT. 80

870 900 892 100

907 500

4.2

1.7

81 900 86 200 87 300

6.6

1.3

RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT, AND -STAURANTS AND

OTELS

: NANCE

INSURANCE

REAL ESTATE

AND BUSINESS SERVICES

418 600 447 300

455 100

8.7

1.7

113 400* 126 600 132 000 16.4

NOTE. *

4.3

REFERRING TO NOVEMBER 1979

COMPARING THE FIGURES FOR DECEMBER 1980 WITH THOSE FOR APPROXIMATELY THE SAME TIME IN 1979, THERE WERE INCREASES IN EACH OF THE FOUR SECTORS LISTED ABOVE.

THE RAPID GROWTH RATE IN THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT IN THIS SECTOR IN DECEMBER 1980, AT 132 000, WAS 16.4% HIGHER THAN THAT IN NOVEMBER 1979.

THE GROWTH IN EMPLOYMENT IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR AND IN BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES ALSO CONTINUED, WITH EMPLOYMENT IN DECEMBER, AT 455 100 AND 87 300 RESPECTIVELY, BEING 8.7% AND 6.6% HIGHER THAN IN DECEMBER 1979.

THE GROWTH RATE IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, ALTHOUGH LESS RAPID, WAS 4.2% HIGHER THAN THAT IN DECEMBER 1979.

COMPARING THE FIGURES FOR DECEMBER 1980 WITH THOSE FOR SEPTEMBER 1980, THERE WERE ALSO INCREASES IN EACH OF THE FOUR SECTORS.

THE MOST RAPID GROWTH WAS AGAIN RECORDED IN THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR. EMPLOYMENT IN THIS SECTOR GREW BY 4.3% BETWEEN SEPTEMBER AND DECEMBER 1980.

DURING THE SAME PERIOD, EMPLOYMENT IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR AND EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR BOTH INCREASED BY 1.7%. CORRESPONDING INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENT OF MANUAL WORKERS ON BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES WAS 1.3%.

TOGETHER WITH