| Persons engaged (employment) | Percentage change | |||||
| Selected major sector | Dec. 1999 |
Sep. 2000 |
Dec. 2000 |
Dec.
2000 over Dec. 1999 |
Dec.
2000 over Sep. 2000 * |
|
| Manufacturing | 244 700 | 229 400 | 226 200 | -7.6 | -1.7 | |
| Construction sites (manual workers only) |
71 800 | 80 700 | 83 900 | +16.9 | +2.4 | |
| Wholesale, retail
and import/export trades, restaurants and hotels |
1 002 300 | 1 053 300 | 1 009 100 | +0.7 | -2.3 | |
| Transport, storage
and communications |
172 000 | 183 300 | 176 900 | +2.9 | -3.5 # | |
| Financing,
insurance, real estate and business services |
415 300 | 437 000 | 434 100 | +4.5 | -0.1 | |
| Community, social
and personal services |
336 500 | 348 900 | 354 500 | +5.4 | +1.7 | |
| Notes : | (1) | Figures relate only to those industries covered in the Quarterly Survey of Employment and Vacancies and the Quarterly Employment Survey of Construction Sites. |
| * | Figures are compiled based on the seasonally adjusted figures unless otherwise specified. The seasonally adjusted data series, and hence its percentage change, are subject to routine revision when more up-to-date figures become available. | |
| # | Figure is compiled based on the original series (i.e. not seasonally adjusted data series), as no clear seasonal pattern is displayed in this sector. |
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