1
% change over
Statistical aggregates
and variables
Unit
Reference Magnitude
period
Previous Same period
period
a year ago
Index of construction wage
Jun 86
714.1
0.3
6.0
rates (Jan 70
=
100)
Other indicators
Public assistance caseload
no.
Jun 86
61 156
0.8
1.2
no.
2nd Qtr.86
2 054
30.7
5.5
Retrenched workers reported
to the Labour Department
ACTIVITY IN SELECTED SECTORS
Index of industrial production
(1981 = 100)
1st Qtr.86
116.8
-15.3
6.7
Electricity consumption
Industrial
Mn KWh 2nd Qtr.86
1 548
42.9
16.9
Commercial
Mn KWh 2nd Qtr.86
2 117
37.5
14.3
Domestic
Mn KWh 2nd Qtr.86
826
23.1
8.4
Cement production
Tonne 2nd Qtr.86
521 581
-2.6
10.7
Floor area of building
consents
Residential
sq. m 2nd Qtr.86 '000
321
2.7
94.1
Commercial
sq. m 2nd Qtr.86
146
34.9
176.9
'000
Industrial
sq. m
2nd Qtr.86
210
-13.8
34.8
'000
Others
sq. m 2nd Qtr.86
69
33.4
19.8
'000
Total
sq. m
2nd Qtr.86
746
4.2
72.9
'000
67
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