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TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1986

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SEPTEMBER NOMINAL WAGE INDEXES PUBLISHED

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THE OVERALL NOMINAL WAGE INDEX FOR SEPTEMBER 1985, AT 127.8, INCREASED BY 6.1 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1984 AND BY 0.9 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH JUNE 1985, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS PUBLISHED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

A COMPARISON OF THE SEPTEMBER 1985 AND SEPTEMBER 1984 INDEXES SHOWS THAT THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEX FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED BY 6.0 PER CENT, FOR THE WHOLESALE-RETAIL, IMPORT-EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR BY 4.5 PER CENT, FOR THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR BY 9.7 PER CENT, FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR BY 8.2 PER CENT AND FOR THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR BY 7.3 PER CENT.

A COMPARISON OF THE SEPTEMBER 1985 AND JUNE 1985 INDEXES SHOWS THAT THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEX FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED BY 0.6 PER CENT, FOR THE WHOLESALE-RETAIL, IMPORT-EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR BY 0.7 PER CENT, FOR THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR BY 2.0 PER CENT, FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR BY 0.3 PER CENT AND FOR THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR BY 1.8 PER CENT.

THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEXES FOR THE PERIOD SEPTEMBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 FOR SELECTED MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 1. DETAILED BREAKDOWNS FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR ARE

GIVEN IN TABLE 2.

THE OVERALL REAL WAGE INDEX, AT 99.4 IN SEPTEMBER 1985, WAS 2.3 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN SEPTEMBER 1984 BUT 1.0 PER CENT LOWER THAN IN JUNE 1985.

FROM SEPTEMBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985, THE REAL WAGE INDEX FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED BY 2.1 PER CENT, FOR THE WHOLESALE-RETAIL, IMPORT-EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR BY 0.6 PER CENT, FOR THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR BY 5.7 PER CENT, FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR BY 4.3 PER CENT AND FOR THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR BY 3.4 PER CENT.

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COMPARING SEPTEMBER 1985 WITH JUNE 1985, THE REAL WAGE INDEX FOR BOTH THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR AND THE WHOLESALE-RETAIL, IMPORT- EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR DECREASED BY 1.3 PER CENT, FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR BY 1.6 PER CENT AND FOR THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR BY 0.1 PER CENT WHILE THAT FOR THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR INCREASED BY 0.2 PER CENT.

THE REAL WAGE INDEXES FOR THE PERIOD SEPTEMBER 1984 TO SETPEMBER 1985 FOR SELECTED MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 3.

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