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SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1990

THESE SECTORS COVER THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR; THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR; AND THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR. THERE IS A SEPARATE EMPLOYMENT SURVEY COVERING CONSTRUCTION SITES.

THE QUARTERLY SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL ALSO PROVIDES VACANCY STATISTICS FOR THESE SELECTED MAJOR SECTORS (EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION SITES WHICH ARE COVERED IN A SEPARATE SURVEY).

THE VACANCY DATA TOGETHER WITH A COMPARISON WITH THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR MARCH 1989 AND DECEMBER 1989 ARE AS FOLLOWS:

NUMBER OF REPORTED

VACANCIES IN*

PERCENTAGE CHANGE**.

SELECTED MAJOR SECTORS OF THE

MAR 90 ON

ECONOMY

MAR 89 DEC 89 MAR 90

MAR 89

MAR 90 ON

DEC 89

MANUFACTURING

WHOLESALE AND

RETAIL, IMPORT

AND EXPORT TRADES

AND RESTAURANTS

AND HOTELS

57,050 36,170

38,270

-32.9

+ 5.8

+

37.720

27,050

34,910

-

7.5

+29.0

FINANCING,

11,630

10,520

10,930

6.0

+ 4.0

INSURANCE,

REAL ESTATE

AND BUSINESS

SERVICES

*

**

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

IN LINE WITH THE SLACKENING IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SINCE THE LATTER HALF OF 1989, THE DEMAND FOR LABOUR SEEMED TO HAVE BECOME LESS INTENSE. THE NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES FOR THE MANUFACTURING, THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS AND THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTORS DECREASED BY 32.9 PER CENT, 7.5 PER CENT AND 6.0 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY BETWEEN MARCH 1989 AND MARCH 1990.

HOWEVER, COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1989, AND BEARING IN MIND THE INFLUENCE OF SEASONAL FACTORS, THE NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES TN THE MANUFACTURING, THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS AND THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTORS, HOWEVER INCREASED BY 5.8 PER CENT, 29.0 PER CENT AND 4.0 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN MARCH 1990.

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