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0.9 per cent increase in manufacturing
Preliminary figures for total labour costs in manufacturing show a 0.9 per cent increase from the fourth quarter of 2015 to the first quarter of 2016. The index showed a 2.6 per cent increase from the first quarter of 2015.
Index | Per cent | ||
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1st quarter 2016 | 4th quarter 2015 - 1st quarter 2016 | 1st quarter 2015 - 1st quarter 2016 | |
Oil and gas extraction and mining | 154.4 | 0.9 | 1.8 |
Manufacture | 157.6 | 0.9 | 2.6 |
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply | 154.1 | 0.6 | 1.6 |
Water supply, sewerage, waste | 145.8 | 0.9 | 2.5 |
Construction | 143.5 | 0.8 | 2.1 |
Wholesale and retail trade | 150.2 | 0.1 | 0.8 |
Transportation and storage | 149.2 | 0.3 | 2.1 |
Hotels and restaurants | 131.4 | 0.6 | 1.5 |
Information and communication | 149.3 | 1.4 | 1.0 |
Real estate activities | 152.9 | 0.3 | 2.1 |
Professional, scientific and technical activities | 148.5 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
Administrative and support service activities | 135.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
Education | 158.1 | -0.1 | 1.5 |
Human health and social work activities | 153.7 | 0.6 | 1.7 |
Arts, entertainment and recreation | 143.6 | 0.6 | 1.6 |
Personal service activities | 158.6 | 0.5 | 1.9 |
The index for oil and gas extraction and mining also showed a 0.9 per cent increase in total labour costs for the first quarter. In comparison construction had an increase of 0.8 per cent and wholesale and retail trade showed an increase of 0.1 per cent.
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Thomas Hagen
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