SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1989
JANUARY ORDERS-ON-HAND, EMPLOYMENT AND PAYROLL FIGURES RELEASED
THE AVERAGE
LARGEST COMPANIES
VOLUME IN THE
OF
BY
ORDERS-ON-HAND REPORTED
THE 200 1989 MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN JANUARY
BOTH DECEMBER 1988 AND TODAY
SURVEY
WITH INCREASED BY 1 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED
OF A JANUARY 1988, ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS (SATURDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
RELEASED
IN THE PLASTIC DECEMBER 1988
IN JANUARY 1989, THE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND PRODUCTS INDUSTRY INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY OVER THAT IN AS SOME MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED REPORTED TO HAVE RECEIVED NEW ORDERS.
IN
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE ORDERS POSITION IMPROVED SLIGHTLY
LITTLE CHANGE IN THE WEARING THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY, WHILE SHOWING APPAREL AND THE ELECTRICAL AND
INDUSTRIES. ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS THE ORDERS POSITION WAS HOWEVER, A SLIGHT DECLINE IN
RECORDED IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.
THE ORDERS
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COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1988,
POSITION IN JANUARY 1989 INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS AND, A LESSER EXTENT, IN THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES, BUT DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY.
DECREASES WERE WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRIES.
ALSO RECORDED
IN THE PLASTIC
PRODUCTS AND
IN TERMS OF AT THE END
THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND IS MEASURED THE NUMBER OF MONTHS AND REFERS TO ORDERS OUTSTANDING AS OF THE REFERENCE MONTH.
WAS
SURVEYED REPORTED THAT THE ON EMPLOYMENT, THE MANUFACTURERS JANUARY 1989 LEVEL
LOWER BY 1 PER CENT
WITH WHEN COMPARED DECEMBER 1988 AND BY 6 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1988.
COMPARING
JANUARY
1989
DECREASED SLIGHTLY IN MOST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
EMPLOYMENT SURVEYED, EXCEPT
FOR THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY WHICH SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE IN EMPLOYMENT.
WITH
DECEMBER
1988,
COMPARED
WITH
JANUARY
1988,
EMPLOYMENT
IN
JANUARY
1989
DECREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.
PRODUCTS,
IN THE ELECTRICAL FOOD AND DRINKS
FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT DECREASES WERE RECORDED WEARING APPAREL AND ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES. THERE WAS ALSO A SLIGHT DECREASE IN THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY.
AND
ON THE OTHER
HAND,
A METAL
SLIGHT
INCREASE
IN
PRODUCTS INDUSTRY
IN THE
WAS
EMPLOYMENT OVER THE SAME
RECORDED IN THE FABRICATED PERIOD.
BY
PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN JANUARY 1989, COMPANIES SURVEYED INCREASED, IN MONEY TERMS, DECEMBER 1988 AND BY 46 PER CENT OVER JANUARY 1988.
MANUFACTURING 44 PER CENT OVER
/CAUTION SHOULD