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MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1985

TABLE 3: REAL WAGE INDEXES BY SELECTED MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS

INDEXES (MARCH 1982

1

100)

SELECTED MAJOR ECONOMICS

SECTORS

SEPT

DEC

MAR

JUN

SEPT

1983

1983

1984

1984

1984

MANUFACTURING

95.5

94.4

96.6

96.8

97.1

WHOLESALE/RETAIL,

93.4

92.8

94.0

92.6

93.3

IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES

AND RESTAURANTS AND

HOTELS

TRANSPORT SERVICES

102.8

101.4 103.8

105.6

107.3

BUSINESS SERVICES

95.4

93.6

96.5

98.0

97.2

PERSONAL SERVICES

95.7

93.5

93.9

94.5

93.7

ALL SECTORS ABOVE

95.8

94.7

96.7 96.7

97.2

QUARTERLY UNEMPLOYMENT,

UNDEREMPLOYMENT FIGURES

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THE UNEMPLOYMENT SITUATION DETERIORATED SLIGHTLY IN THE QUARTER SEPTEMBER - NOVEMBER 1984 COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS QUARTER WHILE THE UNDEREMPLOYMENT SITUATION REMAINED STABLE. ACCORDING TO THE LATEST LABOUR FORCE STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (MONDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR SEPTEMBER- NOVEMBER 1984 WAS 3.8 PER CENT, AS COMPARED WITH THE RATE OF 3.4 PER CENT FOR THE PREVIOUS QUARTER ENDING AUGUST 1984. THE INCREASE OF 0.4 PERCENTAGE POINT OVER THE PREVIOUS QUARTER WAS STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT THAT IS, IT IS GREATER THAN MIGHT BE EXPECTED TO ARISE FROM SAMPLING ERROR BUT ONLY MARGINALLY. THE RATE FOR SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER 1983 WAS 4.1 PER CENT.

THE NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS IN THE QUARTER ENDING NOVEMBER 1984 WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 99 800, AS COMPARED WITH 90 800 FOR THE QUARTER ENDING AUGUST 1984 AND 106 300 FOR THE SAME QUARTER OF 1983.

THE UNDEREMPLOYMENT