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FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE

AND BUSINESS

SERVICES

凹

THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1989

213,900

235,500 241,000

+12.7

+2.4

*

**

FIGURES ARE ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST HUNDRED. BASED ON UNROUNDED EMPLOYMENT FIGURES.

IN

THE

DECEMBER COMPARING MARCH 1989 WITH

1988, EMPLOYMENT CONSTRUCTION SITES, MANUFACTURING, THE

THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,

BY IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTLES SECTORS DECREASED

RESPECTIVELY, OVER THE 2.7 PER CENT, 4.4 PER CENT, AND 0.6 PER CENT

IN THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, SAME PERIOD, EMPLOYMENT

REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR INCREASED BY 2.4 PER CENT.

ALSO

THE QUARTERLY SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL PROVIDES VACANCY STATISTICS FOR THESE SELECTED MAJOR

(EXCEPT SECTORS

ARE CONSTRUCTION SITES WHICH

COVERED IN A SEPARATE SURVEY). THE VACANCY DATA TOGETHER WITH A COMPARISON WITH THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR MARCH 1988 AND DECEMBER 1988 ARE AS FOLLOWS:

NUMBER OF REPORTED

VACANCIES IN*

PERCENTAGE CHANGE**

SELECTED MAJOR SECTORS OF THE

ECONOMY

MAR. 88 DEC. 88 MAR. 89

MAR. 89 ON

MAR. 88

MAR. 89 ON

DEC.88

MANUFACTURING

67,700

51,790 57,050

-1.1.

+10.2

WHOLESALE AND

33,480

32,600 37,720

+12.7

+15.7

RETAIL, IMPORT

AND EXPORT TRADES

AND RESTAURANTS

AND HOTELS

FINANCING,

INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS

SERVICES

8,890 10,640 11,630

+30.9

+9.4

*

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

REPORTED

FOR VACANCIES CENT. ON THE

RELATIVE TO MARCH 1988, THE NUMBER OF THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR DECREASED SLIGHTLY BY 1.1 PER SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR EXPERIENCED AN 12.7 PER CENT AND THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE SERVICES SECTOR AN INCREASE OF 30.9 PER CENT.

INCREASE

OF

AND BUSINESS

/COMPARED WITH