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WHOLESALE AND

746 300

773 400

804 400

+7.8

+4.0

RETAIL, IMPORT

AND EXPORT TRADES

AND RESTAURANTS

AND HOTELS

FINANCING, INSURANCE,

REAL ESTATE

AND BUSINESS SERVICES

253 300 263 300

269 300

+6.3

+2.2

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

COMPARING JUNE 1990 WITH MARCH 1990, EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING AND THE CONSTRUCTION SITES DECREASED BY 1.3 PER CENT AND 5.0 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

HOWEVER,

OVER THE SAME PERIOD, EMPLOYMENT IN THE WHOLSALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR AND THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 4.0 PER CENT AND 2.2. PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

SELECTED FROM THE

A DEPARTMENTAL SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE STATISTICS FOR MAJOR SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY IN JUNE 1990 WERE DERIVED QUARTERLY SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL AND THE QUARTERLY EMPLOYMENT SURVEY OF CONSTRUCTION SITES CONDUCTED BY DEPARTMENT.

THE

THESE SECTORS COVER THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR; THE CONSTRUCTION SITES; THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR; AND THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR.

THE QUARTERLY SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL AND THE QUARTERLY EMPLOYMENT SURVEY OF CONSTRUCTION SITES ALSO PROVIDE VACANCY STATISTICS FOR THESE SELECTED MAJOR SECTORS. THE VACANCY DATA TOGETHER WITH A COMPARISON WITH THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR JUNE 1989 AND MARCH 1990 ARE AS FOLLOWS :

NUMBER OF REPORTED

VACANCIES IN *

PERCENTAGE CHANGE**

SELECTED MAJOR

SECTORS OF THE

ECONOMY

JUN. 89 MAR. 90

JUN. 90

JUN. 90 ON JUN. 90 ON

JUN. 89

MAR. 90

MANUFACTURING

CONSTRUCTION

(MANUAL WORKERS AT CONSTRUCTION SITES ONLY)

43 450 38 270

37 410

-13.9

N.A.

3 050

2 160

N.A.

/WHOLESALE AND

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2.2

-29.2