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FINANCE, INSURANCE REAL ESTATE

A BUSINESS

SERVICES

*

FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1985

162 600 167 300 167 700

+3.1

*+0.2

BASED ON UNROUNDED EMPLOYMENT FIGURES

COMPARED WITH JUNE 1984, EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR SHOWED A SEASONAL DROP OF 1.9 PER CENT. ON THE OTHER HAND, EMPLOYMENT INCREASED BY 1.3 PER CENT FOR THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES SECTOR, BY 0.2 PER CENT FOR THE FINANCE INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR AND BY 1.0 PER CENT IN BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES.

THE SURVEY ALSO PROVIDES VACANCY STATISTICS FOR THESE MAJOR SECTORS, OTHER THAN FOR BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION. THE OVERALL FIGURES BY MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS, TOGETHER WITH A COMPARISON WITH THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR SEPTEMBER 1983 AND JUNE 1984, ARE AS FOLLOWS:

NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES IN

PERCENTAGE

CHANGEX

SELECTED MAJOR

SEPT 84

SEPT 84

SECTORS OF THE

ON

ON

ECONOMY

SEPT 83

JUN 84 SEPT 84

SEPT 83

JUN 84

MANUFACTURING

41 130

39 420

37 740

-8.3

-4.3

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,

IMPORT AND EXPORT

TRADES, AND

RESTAURANTS AND

HOTELS

4 050 5 540

6 450

+59.5

+16.6

FINANCE, INSURANCE,

REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES

1 540

2 140

2 230

+45.1

+4.3

* BASED ON UNROUNDED VACANCY FIGURES.

COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1983, THE NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR DECREASED BY 8.3 PER CENT IN SEPTEMBER 1984. OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES INCREASED BY 59.5 PER CENT FOR THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,

IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR AND BY 45.1 PER CENT FOR THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR.

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