France Second Quarter Final Employment: Summary (Table)

By Ainhoa Goyeneche

Sept. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Following is a summary of the second quarter final employment report from the French Statistics Office in Paris:

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                                  2Q        1Q        4Q        3Q        2Q
                                2008      2008      2007      2007      2007
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                           ----------- Quarterly percentage change -----------
Total Employment*               -0.2%      0.3%      0.4%      0.4%      0.4%
Industry excl. Construction     -0.4%     -0.3%     -0.3%     -0.4%     -0.3%
Manufacturing Sector            -0.5%     -0.4%     -0.3%     -0.4%     -0.3%
Services Sector                 -0.2%      0.4%      0.5%      0.5%      0.5%
Construction Sector              0.3%      0.8%      0.9%      1.4%      0.9%
                           ------------ Yearly percentage change -------------
Total Employment*                0.9%      1.5%      1.9%      1.7%      1.7%
Industry excl. Construction     -1.4%     -1.3%     -1.2%     -1.4%     -1.4%
Manufacturing Sector            -1.5%     -1.3%     -1.3%     -1.4%     -1.4%
Services Sector                  1.4%      2.1%      2.6%      2.4%      2.4%
Construction Sector              3.4%      4.0%      4.3%      4.6%      4.3%
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                                  2Q        1Q        4Q        3Q        2Q
                                2008      2008      2007      2007      2007
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                           --------------- Employment Levels -----------------
Total Employment*            18,139.3  18,158.4  18,097.3  18,021.9  17,950.8
Industry excl. Construction   2,870.3   2,884.6   2,895.1   2,903.0   2,914.2
Manufacturing Sector         10,895.5  10,913.8  10,866.1  10,807.5  10,748.9
Services Sector               5,933.9   5,963.6   5,922.9   5,887.8   5,847.7
Construction Sector           3,090.6   3,086.1   3,082.7   3,074.7   3,065.4
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NOTE: *Total excludes farm, government, education, health and social
     scheme employment. Data is adjusted for seasonal variations.
     Levels are measured in thousands.

SOURCE: INSEE - Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques
              (French Statistics Office)

To contact the reporter on this story: Ainhoa Goyeneche in Madrid at agoyenechecu@bloomberg.net