WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1987
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MARCH ORDERS-ON-HAND, EMPLOYMENT, PAYROLL FIGURES RELEASED
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THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND (IN TERMS OF MONTHS) AS REPORTED BY THE 200 LARGEST FIRMS IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED IN MARCH 1987. COMPARED WITH BOTH FEBRUARY 1987 AND MARCH 1986, ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
COMPARING MARCH 1987 WITH THE SAME MONTH IN 1986, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN THE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND WERE RECORDED IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY AND, TO A LESSER EXTENT, IN THE WEARING APPAREL AND TEXTILES INDUSTRIES, WHILE THE ORDERS POSITION IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES DROPPED SLIGHTLY.
COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1987, INCREASES IN THE VOLUME OF ORDERS- ON-HAND WERE RECORDED FOR THE WEARING APPAREL. FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS AND ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES. ONLY THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY EXPERIENCED A DECLINE IN THE ORDERS POSITION, WHILE THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE.
EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN MARCH 1987 REMAINED AT ABOUT THE SAME LEVEL AS IN FEBRUARY 1987, BUT DROPPED SLIGHTLY COMPARED WITH THE LEVEL IN MARCH 1986.
COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1987, THE TEXTILES, PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES RECORDED SOME INCREASES IN EMPLOYMENT, WHILE THE MEARING APPAREL AND ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES SHOWED SOME DECREASES.
COMPARED WITH MARCH 1986, EMPLOYMENT IN THE WEARING APPAREL AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES DROPPED, BUT IT ROSE IN ALL THE
OTHER INDUSTRIES SURVEYED.
BOTH PAYROLL AND PER CAPITA EARNINGS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN MARCH 1987 COMPARED WITH BOTH FEBRUARY 1987 AND MARCH 1986.
AMONG ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED, THERE WERE INCREASES IN PAYROLL AND IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1987. THE INCREASES WERE PARTICULARLY RAPID FOR THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY.
SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN PAYROLL AND IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS WERE ALSO REPORTED BETWEEN MARCH 1986 AND MARCH 1987 AMONG MOST INDUSTRIES SURVEYED, WITH PARTICULARLY RAPID INCREASES REPORTED IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.
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