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WHOLESALE AND

RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT

TRADES AND RESTAURANTS

AND HOTELS

FINANCING,

INSURANCE,

REAL ESTATE

AND BUSINESS

SERVICES

2

TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1988

614,900

648,700

647,600

+ 5.3

0.2

191,100 204,700 209,900

+ 9.8

+ 2.5

* BASED ON UNROUNDED EMPLOYMENT FIGURES.

COMPARING SEPTEMBER 1987 WITH JUNE 1987, AND

AND BEARING IN MIND IN THAT THIS COMPARISON IS INFLUENCED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, EMPLOYMENT THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR; AND THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR DECREASED BY 2.3 PER CENT AND 0.2 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD, EMPLOYMENT IN THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR: AND ON BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES INCREASED BY 2.5 PER CENT AND 0.6 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

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 SEPTEMBER 1986 AND JUNE 1987, ARE AS FOLLOWS:-

NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES IN

PERCENTAGE CHANGE*

SELECTED MAJOR

SECTORS OF THE

ECONOMY

SEPT. 86 JUNE 87

SEPT. 87

SEPT. 87 ON SEPT. 86

SEPT. 87 ON JUNE

87

MANUFACTURING

WHOLESALE AND

RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS

AND HOTELS

32,100

42,300

53,900

+ 68.0

+ 27.4

8.530

14,850

25,620

+200.5 5

+ 72.5

/FINANCING, INSURANCE,