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TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1989
FEBRUARY ORDERS-ON-HAND, EMPLOYMENT AND PAYROLL FIGURES
BUT
AND
LARGEST MANUFACTURING THE ORDERS POSITION REPORTED BY THE 200 COMPANIES IN FEBRUARY 1989 WAS ABOUT THE SAME AS IN JANUARY 1989,
FEBRUARY 1988, ACCORDING INCREASED BY 1 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH TO THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE CENSUS STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
AVERAGE VOLUME COMPARING FEBRUARY 1989 WITH JANUARY 1989, THE
SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS OF ORDERS-ON-HAND INCREASED INDUSTRY AS SOME COMPANIES SURVEYED RECEIVED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT NEW ORDERS.
OF
RECORDED
IN
THE
FABRICATED
INDUSTRIES. OVER SLIGHTLY IN THE APPAREL
METAL
SLIGHT INCREASES WERE PRODUCTS AND THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS DECLINED THE SAME
POSITION THE ORDERS PERIOD, TEXTILES INDUSTRY, WHILE SHOWING LITTLE CHANGE IN THE WEARING INDUSTRY.
POSITION IN FEBRUARY COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1988, THE ORDERS 1989 IMPROVED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY, AND TO A LESSER EXTENT IN THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC THE WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRIES.
THE VOLUME
OF
PRODUCTS AND
DROPPED
THE PLASTIC
ORDERS-ON-HAND ON THE OTHER HAND, SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY AND MODERATELY IN PRODUCTS INDUSTRY OVER THE SAME PERIOD.
THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND IS MEASURED THE NUMBER OF MONTHS AND REFERS TO ORDERS OUTSTANDING AS OF THE REFERENCE MONTH.
IN TERMS OF AT THE END
WITH
SURVEYED REPORTED THAT THE ON EMPLOYMENT, THE MANUFACTURERS
BY
WHEN COMPARED 2 PER LOWER
CENT FEBRUARY 1989 LEVEL WAS JANUARY 1989, AND BY 6 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1988.
MOST MANUFACTURING
INCREASE
IN EMPLOYMENT, EXCEPT A SLIGHT
COMPARING FEBRUARY 1989 WITH JANUARY 1989, INDUSTRIES SURVEYED REPORTED SLIGHT DECREASES THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS EMPLOYMENT WAS RECORDED.
COMPARED
WITH
INDUSTRY IN
WHICH
FEBRUARY 1988,
IN
IN FEBRUARY 1989
DECREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.
DECREASES MODERATE
EMPLOYMENT
THE ELECTRICAL AND
DRINKS INDUSTRIES,
WERE RECORDED IN
ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS, WEARING APPAREL AND FOOD AND ALONG WITH A SLIGHT DECREASE IN THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY.
THE ON
HAND, OTHER
REPORTED IN THE FABRICATED
A SLIGHT METAL
INCREASE
IN
INDUSTRY PRODUCTS
PERIOD.
WAS
EMPLOYMENT OVER THE SAME
AS WAS ...................