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SUNDAY, APRIL 12, 1987

WHOLESALE AND RETA IL IMPORT

600 400

614 900

620 100

+3.3

+0.8

AND EXPORT TRADES AND

RESTAURANTS

AND HOTELS

FINANCING, INSURANCE REAL ESTATE

AND BUSINESS SERVICES

180 900

191 100

194 300

+7.4

+1.6

* BASED ON UNROUNDED EMPLOYMENT FIGURES.

COMPARING DECEMBER 1986 WITH SEPTEMBER 1986, EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR DECREASED BY 0.5 PER CENT. OVER THE SAME PERIOD, EMPLOYMENT ON BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES IN THE WHOLESALE, RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR AND IN THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR INCREASED BY 2.7 PER CENT, 0.8 PER CENT, AND 1.6 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

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THE SURVEY ALSO PROVIDES VACANCY STATISTICS FOR THESE SELECTED MAJOR SECTORS, OTHER THAN FOR BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION. THE OVERALL FIGURES BY SELECTED MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS, TOGETHER WITH A COMPARISON WITH THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR DECEMBER 1985 AND SEPTEMBER 1986, ARE AS FOLLOWS:

NUMBER OF REPORTED

VACANCIES IN

PERCENTAGE CHANGEX

SELECTED MAJOR

SECTORS OF THE

ECONOMY

DEC. 85 SEPT. 86 DEC. 86

DEC. 86 ON DEC. 85

DEC. 86 ON SEPT. 86

MANUFACTURING

WHOLESALE AND

15 080

5 530

32 090

8 530

25 760

+70.8

-19.7

10 850

+96.3

+27.2

RETAIL, IMPORT

AND EXPORT

TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS

/FINANCING,