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MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1988
THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND IS MEASURED THE NUMBER OF MONTHS AND REFERS TO ORDERS OUTSTANDING AS OF THE REFERENCE MONTH.
ON EMPLOYMENT, THE MANUFACTURERS
OCTOBER 1988 LEVEL WAS LOWER
IN TERMS OF AT THE END
SURVEYED REPORTED THAT THE BY ONE PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1988 AND BY SIX PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1987.
COMPARING
1988 OCTOBER
WITH
1988, SEPTEMBER
EMPLOYMENT
DECREASED APPRECIABLY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY AND SLIGHTLY IN BUT INCREASED SLIGHTLY THE WEARING APPAREL, AND TEXTILES INDUSTRIES, IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.
AND DRINKS
THE
AND ELECTRICAL LITTLE CHANGE OVER THE SAME
EMPLOYMENT IN THE
AND FOOD
ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES SHOWED PERIOD.
WITH COMPARED
OCTOBER 1987. EMPLOYMENT IN
PRODUCTS
SURVEYED,
DECREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE PLASTIC MODERATELY IN MOST OTHER FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY WHICH REGISTERED A SLIGHT
INDUSTRIES
EXCEPT
1988 OCTOBER INDUSTRY AND FOR THE INCREASE
IN EMPLOYMENT.
THE PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN
MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SURVEYED 1988 WHEN COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE IN OCTOBER 1988, BUT INCREASED BY 17 PER CENT IN MONEY TERMS OVER OCTOBER 1987.
COMPARING OCTOBER 1988 WITH SEPTEMBER
PER 1988,
CAPITA THE WEARING APPAREL. AND TEXTILES EARNINGS INCREASED MODERATELY IN
INDUSTRY INDUSTRIES, BUT DECREASED MODERATELY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS
ELECTRONIC AND SLIGHTLY IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS AND THE ELECTRICAL AND PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1987,
PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN
OCTOBER
1988 INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED, INCREASES RECORDED IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND WITH THE LARGEST FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
IN THE
CONSTRUCT LON
SECTOR,
INCREASED SLIGHTLY OVER BOTH SEPTEMBER
MODERATELY CAPITA
EARNINGS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY OVER OCTOBER 1987.
EMPLOYMENT IN OCTOBER 1988 1988 AND OCTOBER 1987. PER OVER SEPTEMBER 1988 AND
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT FIGURES FOR THIS SECTOR EMPLOYEES ONLY; SITE WORKERS EMPLOYED BY ARE NOT INCLUDED.
COVER COMPANY
LABOUR-ONLY SUB-CONTRACTORS
IN THE
SERVICE
SECTORS
SURVEYED,
OF
WITH
THE
LEVEL OVERALL CHANGE WHEN COMPARED EMPLOYMENT IN OCTOBER 1988 SHOWED LITTLE SEPTEMBER 1988, BUT INCREASED MODERATELY OVER OCTOBER 1987.
WHEN
PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN OCTOBER 1988 DECREASED MODERATELY
BY SOME COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1988, FOLLOWING THE ISSUE OF BONUSES
OTHER SERVICE SECTORS IN THE FIRMS IN THE PUBLIC UTILITIES AND IN PRECEDING TWO MONTHS.
COMPARING OCTOBER 1988 WITH OCTOBR? 1987, INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE SERVICE SECTOR IN BANKS AND HOTELS.
PER CAPITA DANNINGS SURVEYED, PARTICULARLY
/THE PERCENTAGE