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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1983

EMPLOYMENT IN THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND

AT BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR CONTINUED TO GROW RAPIDLY.

167 700, EMPLOYMENT IN THIS SECTOR WAS 12.6 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN SEPTEMBER 1981.

EMPLOYMENT IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR AT 502 800, WAS 6.1 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN SEPTEMBER 1981.

ON THE OTHER HAND, EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR AND BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES DECREASED BY 5.4 PER CENT AND 1.8 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

A SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT CONSIDERING THESE SECTORS AS A GROUP, THERE WAS A NET LOSS OF ONLY 2 400, A NET FALL OF LESS THAN 0.2 PER CENT.

COMPARING THE EMPLOYMENT FIGURES FOR SEPTEMBER 1982 WITH THOSE FOR JUNE 1982, EMPLOYMENT IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR, AND IN THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR SHOWED INCREASES OF 0.8 PER CENT AND 2.1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. ON THE OTHER HAND, EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR AND ON BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES DECREASED BY 5.2 PER CENT AND 3.7 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. HOWEVER, MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT IN JUNE TENDS TO BE ON THE HIGH SIDE FOR SEASONAL REASONS, E.G. THE RECRUITMENT OF TEMPORARY AND STUDENT WORKERS DURING THE SUMMER VACATION.

TOGETHER WITH THE EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS, THE SURVEY ALSO PROVIDED VACANCY STATISTICS FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR, AND THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR IN SEPTEMBER 1982. THE OVERALL FIGURES BY MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS, TOGETHER WITH A COMPARISON WITH THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR SEPTEMBER 1981 AND JUNE 1982, ARE AS FOLLOWS #

NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES IN

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

SELECTED MAJOR

SECTORS OF

THE ECONOMY

SEPT 81 JUN 82 SEPT 82

SEPT 82 ON

SEPT 81

SEPT 82 ON JUN 82

MANUFACTURING

WHOLESALE AND

47 900

6 600

26 900

5 200

29 900

-37.6

+10.8

4 500

-31.1

-13.5

RETAIL, IMPORT

AND EXPORT,

AND RESTAURANTS

AND HOTELS

FINANCE,

INSURANCE,

REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS

SERVICES

2 200

1 900 1 700

-25.3

-10.5