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THURSDAY ... 20, 1963
FOR SELECTED
THE REAL WAGE INDEXES FOR JUNE AND SEPTEMBER 1 MAJCH ECONOMIC SECTORS ARE GIVEN BELOW :-
REAL WAGE INDEXES BY SELECTED MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS
INDEXES (MARCH 1982 - 100)
SELECTED MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS
JUNE 1982
SEPT 1982
MANUFACTURING
WHOLESALE/RETAIL, IMPORT/EXPORT
TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS
99
98
98
97
TRANSPORT SERVICES
BUSINESS SERVICES
PERSONAL SERVICES
ALL SECTORS ABOVE
103
105
99
99
99
98
99
99
COMPARING SEPTEMBER 1982 WITH MARCH 1982, THE REAL WAGE INDEXES FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR DECLINED BY TWO PER CENT, FOR THE WHOLESALE/RETAIL, IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR BY THREE PER CENT, FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR BY TWO PER CENT AND FOR THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR BY TWO PER CENT.
ON THE OTHER HAND, THE REAL WAGE INDEX FOR THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR INCREASED BY FIVE PER CENT.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT POINTED OUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE WAGE INDEXES AND THE PER-CAPITA PAYROLL INDEXES WHICH ARE ALSO PUBLISHED AT QUARTERLY INTERVALS.
ESSENTIALLY, THE WAGE INDEXES, WHICH MEASURES THE CHANGES IN THE PRICE OF LABOUR, ARE CONCERNED WITH THE MOVEMENTS OF WAGE RATES WHICH INDICATE THE AMOUNT OF REMUNERATION FOR NORMAL TIME OF WORK. ON THE OTHER HAND, PER-CAPITA PAYROLL INDEXES REFLECT THE CHANGES IN THE AMOUNT OF CASH EARNINGS WORKERS RECEIVE DURING A PARTICULAR PERIOD.
THE MOVEMENTS OF THE PER-CAPITA PAYROLL INDEXES ARE AFFECTED BY CHANGES IN WAGE RATES, 3 WELL AS CHANGES IN SUCH OTHER FACTORS
#3 AS THE AMOUNT OF TIME ACTUALLY
THE COMPOSITION OF THE
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LABOUR FORCE AND THE INCIDENCE OF THE PAYMENT OF BONUSES AND BACK-PAY. AS A RESULT, THE VEMENTS OF THE WAGE INDEXES DO NOT NECESSARILY AGREE WITH THOSE FOT PER-CAPITA PAYROLL.
IAE METAJU ULOGY
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