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WHOLESALE AND

RETAIL, IMPORT AND

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FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1986

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TRADES, AND

RESTAURANTS

573 800

589 700 600 400

+4.6

+1.8

AND HOTELS

FINANCING,

INSURANCE

REAL ESTATE

AND BUSINESS

SERVICES

169 500 179 200 180 900

+6.7

+0.9

*

BASED ON UNROUNDED EMPLOYMENT FIGURES.

COMPARING DECEMBER 1985 WITH SEPTEMBER 1985, EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR DECREASED MARGINALLY BY 0.2 ̊PER CENT. ON THE OTHER HAND, EMPLOYMENT IN THE WHOLESALE, RETAIL,

RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR AND THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR INCREASED BY 1.8 PER CENT AND 0.9 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. OVER THE SAME PERIOD, EMPLOYMENT AT BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES INCREASED BY 2.9 PER CENT.

THE SURVEY ALSO PROVIDES VACANCY STATISTICS FOR THESE SELECTED

THE MAJOR SECTORS, OTHER THAN FOR BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION. OVERALL FIGURES BY SELECTED MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS, TOGETHER WITH A COMPARISON WITH THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR DECEMBER 1984 AND SEPTEMBER 1985, ARE AS FOLLOWS:

NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES IN

PERCENTAGE CHANGE *

SELECTED MAJOR

SECTORS OF

THE ECONOMY

DEC. 84

SEPT 85 DEC. 85

DEC. 85

ON DEC. 84

DEC. 85

ON SEPT 85

MANUFACTURING

23 810

20 120

15 080

-36.7

-25.0

WHOLESALE AND

RETAIL,

IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS

6 160

5 680

5 530

-10.3

- 2.7

/FINANCING, INSURANCE,