% change over
Statistical aggregates
and variables
Unit
Reference Magnitude
period
Previous Same period
Index of construction wage
rates (Jan 70
=
100)
period a year ago
Sep 86
733.3
1.0
7.0
Other indicators
Public assistance caseload
no.
Sep 86
62 172
0.3
0.4
no.
3rd Qtr.86
779
-62.1
-48.2
Retrenched workers reported
to the Labour Department
ACTIVITY IN SELECTED SECTORS
Index of industrial production
(1981 = 100)
2nd Qtr.86
144
23.5
15.8
Electricity consumption
Industrial
Mn KWh 3rd Qtr.86
1 746
12.8
16.8
Commercial
Mn KWh 3rd Qtr.86
2 450
15.7
10.9
Domestic
Mn KWh 3rd Qtr.86
1 298
57.1
21.9
Tonne
3rd Qtr.86
519 398
-3.1
31.1
Cement production
Floor area of building
consents
Residential
sq. m
3rd Qtr.86
228
-29.0
-37.0
'000
Commercial
sq. m 3rd Qtr.86 '000
168
15.1
240.4
Industrial
sq. m 3rd Qtr.86
271
29.3
-13.1
'000
Others
sq. m 3rd Qtr.86 '000
102
48.0
117.2
Total
sq. m 3rd Qtr.86
770
3.2
-0.1
'000
71
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