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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1990

WHOLESALE AND

23 070 34 910

27 560

+19.4

-21,1

RETAIL, IMPORT

AND EXPORT TRADES

AND RESTAURANTS

AND HOTELS

FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE

AND BUSINESS

SERVICES

8 990 10 940

9 530

+ 6.0

-12.9

** N.A.

FIGURES ARE ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST TEN. BASED ON UNROUNDED VACANCY FIGURES. FIGURES ARE NOT AVAILABLE.

CENT,

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES WAS THREE PER CENT LOWER IN JUNE 1990 COMPARED WITH JUNE 1989. OVER THIS PERIOD, THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR FELL FURTHER BY 13.9 PER IN LINE WITH THE WEAK DOMESTIC EXPORT PERFORMANCE IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1990.

HOWEVER, THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS, AND THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTORS SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 19.4 PER CENT AND 6.0 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, LARGELY DUE TO A LOW BASE OF COMPARISON IN JUNE 1989.

OF

COMPARED WITH MARCH 1990, AND BEARING IN MIND THE INFLUENCE SEASONAL FACTORS, THE NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR FELL BY ONLY 2.2 PER CENT IN JUNE 1990.

ON THE OTHER HAND, THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES ON CONSTRUCTION SITES, AND IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS, AND THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTORS DECREASED MARKEDLY, BY 29.2 PER CENT, 21.1 PER CENT AND 12.9 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY OVER THE SAME PERIOD.

THUS, THE DEMAND FOR LABOUR HAD APPARENTLY BECOME LESS INTENSE IN THE SECOND QUARTER COMPARED WITH THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1990.

ALSO AVAILABLE FROM THE SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL ARE STATISTICS ON MONTHLY PAYROLL OUTLAYS IN 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. QUARTERLY TOTALS FOR EACH THESE SECTORS ARE SHOWN IN THE FOLLOWING TABLE :-

OF

/TOTAL QUARTERLY

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