DONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1988
DECEMBER ORDERS-ON-HAND, EMPLOYMENT AND PAYROLL FIGURES
IN DECEMBER 1987, THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND REPORTED BY THI 200 LARGEST FIRMS IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR REMAINED ABOUT THE SAME AS IN NOVEMBER 1987 BUT SHOWED SOME DECREASE OVER DECEMBER 1986, ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY (MONDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND, MEASURED IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF MONTHS, REFERS TO THE POSITION AS AT THE END OF THE REFERENCE MONTH.
COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1987, THE ORDERS POSITION IN DECEMBER 1987 DROPPED SLIGHTLY IN THE TEXTILES, PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES, WHILE THAT IN THE OTHER INDUSTRIES SURVEYED SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE.
COMPARING DECEMBER 1987 WITH THE SAME MONTH IN 1986, THE VOLUME OF ORDERS DECREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY AND, TO A LESSER EXTENT, EN THE TEXTILES AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
ON THE OTHER HAND, SLIGHT INCREASES IN THE VOLUME OF ORDERS WERE RECORDED IN THE WEARING APPAREL AND ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR DECREASED IN DECEMBER 1987 WHEN COMPARED WITH BOTH NOVEMBER 1987 AND DECEMBER 1986.
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COMPARING DECEMBER 1987 WITH NOVEMBER 1987. EMPLOYMENT IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS AND ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES SHOWED SLIGHT DECREASES, WHILE THAT IN THE OTHER INDUSTRIES SURVEYED REMAINED STABLE.
WHEN COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1986, EMPLOYMENT DROPPED SLIGHTLY IN THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRON TU PRODUCTS INDUSTRY BUT MUCH MORE SHARPLY IN THE WEARING APPAREL, AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
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PARTLY OFFSETTING THESE DECREASES WERE THE SLIGHT INCREASES EMPLOYMENT RECORDED IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS, TEXTILES AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
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IN DECEMBER 1987, BOTH PAYROLL AND PER CAPITA EARNINGS MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY OVER BOTH NOVEMBER 1987 AND DECEMBER 1986.
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COMPARING DECEMBER 1987 WITH NOVEMBER INCREASES IN PAYROLL AND IN PER CAPITA KARNINGS WERE RECORDED IN MOST INDUSTRIES SURVEYED MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE ISSUE OF DOUBLE PAY AND YEAR-END BONUSES IN SOME MANUFACTURING FIRMS.
THE INCREASES