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SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1986

WHOLESALE AND

RETAIL,

IMPORT AND EXPORT

TRADES, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS

FINANCING,

555 800 588 700 589 700

+6.1

+0.2

INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE

AND BUSINESS

SERVICES

167 700 177 700 179 200

+6.9

+0.9

* BASED ON UNROUNDED EMPLOYMENT FIGURES.

COMPARED WITH JUNE 1985, EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR DECREASED BY 2.9 PER CENT. ON THE OTHER HAND, EMPLOYMENT IN THE WHOLESALE, RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR AND THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR INCREASED BY 0.2 PER CENT AND 0.9 PER. CENT RESPECTIVELY. OVER THE SAME PERIOD, EMPLOYMENT AT BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES INCREASED BY 0.3 PER CENT.

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 1984 AND JUNE 1985, ARE AS FOLLOWS:

NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES IN

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

SELECTED MAJOR

SECTORS OF THE

ECONOMY

SEPT 84

JUNE 85 SEPT 85

SEPT 85 ON SEPT 84

SEPT 85 ON JUNE 85

MANUFACTURING

37 740

19 120

20 120

-46.7

+5.2

WHOLESALE AND

RETAIL,

IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS

6 450

5 520

5 EPO

-12.0

+2. }

¿PINANCES, L.SURANCE,