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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1985

COMPARING DECEMBER 1984 WITH SEPTEMBER 1984, EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR DECREASED MARGINALLY BY 0.6 PER CENT. ON THE OTHER HAND, EMPLOYMENT INCREASED BY 3.2 PER CENT FOR THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR, BY 1.1 PER CENT FOR THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR AND BY 1.3 PER CENT FOR 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 DECEMBER 1983 AND SEPTEMBER 1984, ARE AS FOLLOWS:

NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES IN

SELECTED MAJOR

SECTORS OF THE

ECONOMY

DEC. 83

SEPT. 84

DEC. 84

DEC. 84 ON DEC. 83

MANUFACTURING

32 530

WHOLESALE AND

4 820

37 740

6 450

23 810

6 160

-26.8

PERCENTAGE CHANGE*

DEC. 84 ON SEPT. 84

-36.9

+27.7

-

4.5

RETAIL, IMPORT

AND EXPORT TRADES, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS

FINANCING,

1 780

2 230

2 330

+30.9

+ 4.3

INSURANCE

REAL ESTATE

AND BUSINESS

SERVICES

* BASED ON UNROUNDED VACANCY FIGURES.

COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1983, THE NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR DECREASED BY 26.8 PER CENT IN DECEMBER 1984. OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES INCREASED BY 27.7 PER CENT FOR THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR AND BY 30.9 PER CENT FOR THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR.

/R_JA!

/R LAVE

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