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NUMBER OF REPORTED

VACANCIES IN*

THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1989

PERCENTAGE CHANGE**

SELECTED MAJOR

SECTORS OF THE

DEC.88 ON DEC.88 ON

ECONOMY

DEC. 87

SEPT.88

DEC.88

DEC.87

SEPT.88

MANUFACTURING

41,720

55,070

51,790

+24.1

6.

0

WHOLESALE AND

24,060

34,380

32,600

+35.5

—

5.2

RETAIL, IMPORT

AND EXPORT TRADES

AND RESTAURANTS

AND HOTELS

FINANCING,

6,870

9,640

10,640

+54.8

+10.3

INSURANCE,

REAL ESTATE

AND BUSINESS

SERVICES

THE

FIGURES ARE ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST 10. ** BASED ON UNROUNDED VACANCY FIGURES.

RELATIVE TO DECEMBER 1987, THE NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES FOR MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED BY 24.1 PER CENT.

THE

THE WHOLESALE

AND

RETAIL, ON

SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR EXPERIENCED AN INCREASE OF 35.5 PER CENT AND THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR AN INCREASE OF 54.8 PER CENT.

IN

VACANCIES

EXPORT

COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1988, THE NUMBER OF REPORTED THE MANUFACTURING AND THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTORS DECREASED BY 6.0 PER CENT 5.2 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN DECEMBER 1988.

AND

THE SECTOR

OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES IN FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES INCREASED BY 10.3 PER CENT.

ALSO

AVAILABLE

THE SURVEY FROM

ARE

STATISTICS

ON

MONTHLY

PAYROLL OUTLAYS IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR: THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR;

REAL INSURANCE,

SERVICES BUSINESS

FINANCING,

ESTATI AND

QUARTERLY TOTALS FOR EACH OF THESE SECTORS ARE SHOWN

AND THE SECTOR.

IN THE

POLLOWING TABLE:

/TOTAL QUARTERLY