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SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1988

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WAGE INDEXES FOR DECEMBER 1987 PUBLISHED

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THE OVERALL NOMINAL WAGE INDEX FOR DECEMBER 1987, AT 151.2, INCREASED BY 9.8 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1986 AND BY 1.2 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1987, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS PUBLISHED TODAY (SATURDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

A COMPARISON OF THE DECEMBER 1987 AND DECEMBER 1986 INDEXES SHOWS THAT THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEX FÖR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED BY 9.3 PER CENT.

FOR THE WHOLESALE/RETAIL, IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR THE INCREASE WAS 12.6 PER CENT; FOR THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR 8.3 PER CENT; FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR 8.5 PER CENT; AND FOR THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR 10.1 PER CENT.

A COMPARISON OF THE DECEMBER 1987 AND SEPTEMBER 1987 INDEXES SHOWS THAT THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEX FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED BY 0.7 PER CENT; FOR THE WHOLESALE/RETAIL, IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR BY 3.5 PER CENT; AND FOR THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR BY 0.6 PER CENT.

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THAT FOR THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR DECREASED BY

1 PER CENT; AND THAT FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR REMAINED UNCHANGED.

THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEXES FOR THE PERIOD DECEMBER 1986 TO DECEMBER 1987 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 106.8 IN DECEMBER 1987, WAS 2.2 PER CENT HIGHER THAN THAT IN DECEMBER 1986 AND 0.8 PER CENT LOWER TRAN THAT IN SEPTEMBER 1987.

FROM DECEMBER 1986 TO DECEMBER 1987, THE REAL WAGE INDEX FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED BY 1.6 PER CENT; FOR THE WHOLESALE/ RETAIL, IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR BY 4.7 PER CENT; FOR THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR BY 0.7 PER CENT; FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR BY 0.8 PER CENT; AND FOR THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR BY 2.5 PER CENT.

COMPARING DECEMBER 1987 WITH SEPTEMBER 1987, THE REAL WAGE INDEX FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR DECREASED BY 1.2 PER CENT; FOR THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR BY 2.1 PER CENT; FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR BY 2.0 PER CENT; AND FOR THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR BY 1.3 PER CENT.

THAT FOR THE WHOLESALE/RETAIL, IMPORT/EXPORT RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR INCREASED BY 1.5 PER CENT.

TRADES AND

THE REAL WAGE INDEXES FOR THE PERIOD DECEMBER 1986 TO DECEMBER 1987 FOR SELECTED MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 3.

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