At that time, manufacturing required high levels of investment in machinery & equipment, not only to expand capacity, but to offset fairly high rates of depreciation. So investment in the manufacturing industry accounted for a large share of total investment. But since the mid 1990s, manufacturing has accounted for a steadily declining share of non-mining investment.
Those initially affected are people whose social circumstances change due to unemployment, illness, divorce or similar. Such events are often at the root of the observed rise in enforced sales. Nevertheless, the level remains low.