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THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1983
METAL PRODUCTS
101
102
103
107
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES
101
103
102
106
ELECTRONICS
101
103
105
109
WATCHES AND CLOCKS
100
103
106
111
MANUFACTURING
102
103
105
108
LABOUR FORCE STATISTICS FOR QUARTER ****
LABOUR FORCE STATISTICS FOR THE QUARTER MARCH TO MAY 1983, OBTAINED FROM THE GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, WERE RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR THE QUARTER MARCH TO MAY 1983 WAS 5 PER CENT.
GIVEN THAT THE RATE FOR FEBRUARY TO APRIL 1983 WAS 5.2 PER CENT, IT APPEARS THAT UNEMPLOYMENT HAS NOW PEAKED OUT AND IS FALLING, THE COMMISSIONER FOR CENSUS AND STATISTICS SAID.
THE RATE OF 5 PER CENT FOR MARCH TO MAY 1983 COMPARES WITH 4.5 PER CENT FOR THE PREVIOUS QUARTER ENDING FEBRUARY 1983, AND 3.3 PER CENT FOR THE QUARTER ENDING MAY LAST YEAR.
THE NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS IN THE QUARTER ENDING MAY 1983 WAS PROVISIONALLY ESTIMATED TO BE 125 000, AS COMPARED WITH 112 700 FOR THE PREVIOUS QUARTER, AND 80 700 FOR THE SAME QUARTER LAST YEAR.
THE UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE FOR THE QUARTER ENDING MAY 1983 WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 2.2 PER CENT, WHICH WAS LOWER THAN THAT RECORDED FOR THE QUARTER ENDING FEBRUARY 1983, AT 2.6 PER CENT. THE PROVISIONAL ESTIMATE OF THE NUMBER OF UNDEREMPLOYED PERSONS WAS 54 000 FOR THE QUARTER ENDING MAY 1983, AS COMPARED WITH 64 500 FOR THE PREVIOUS QUARTER.
CONSISTENT WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION, PERSONS WHO WORKED LESS THAN 35 HOURS A WEEK WERE REGRADED AS UNDEREMPLOYED ONLY IF THEY WERE SEEKING MORE WORK OR WERE NOT SEEKING MORE WORK BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED MORE WORK WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
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