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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1989
THE OVERALL
EMPLOYMENT
IN ABOUT THE SAME AS IN 1988. PER CAPITA
IN THE SELECTED SERVICE SECTORS. SEPTEMBER 1989 IN THE COMPANIES SURVEYED WAS AUGUST 1989. BUT INCREASED SLIGHTLY OVER SEPTEMBER EARNINGS IN SEPTEMBER 1989 INCREASED SLIGHTLY
FOR 1988 SEPTEMBER SUBSTANTIALLY OVER TOGETHER.
THE
OVER AUGUST 1989 AND SECTORS TAKEN SERVICE
THE PERCENTAGE CHANGES IN ORDERS-ON-HAND, CAPITA EARNINGS ARE SHOWN IN TABLES 1 TO 3.
EMPLOYMENT AND PER
LARGEST MANUFACTURING THE CONSTRUCTION
TO THEIR
AND
EMPLOYMENT
THE 200 THE SURVEY COVERED A PANEL OF
LARGEST COMPANIES IN 50 COMPANIES AND THE
REFERENCE BY SELECTED SERVICE SECTORS, CHOSEN SIZES IN SEPTEMBER 1986.
ON A
BY
THE DEPARTMENT CAUTIONED THAT AS THE SURVEY IS NOT BASED SCIENTIFICALLY SELECTED SAMPLE, THE MAGNITUDES OF CHANGE INDICATED
EXPERIENCE OF THE THE SURVEY RESULTS ARE MERELY A REFLECTION OF THE COMPANIES SURVEYED.
ABLE FOR MAKING
HOWEVER, GIVEN THE COMPOSITION OF THE PANEL, IT SHOULD BE TO PROVIDE A USEFUL INDICATION OF THE DIRECTION OF CHANGE A QUICK ASSESSMENT OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE ECONOMY IN THE SHORT TERM.
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SURVEY RESULTS
MAY
BE
MADE
TO THE STATISTICS
THE ABOUT ENQUIRIES INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND DEPARTMENT ON TEL. 5-8234820.
INDUSTRY
TABLE 1: ORDERS-ON-HAND IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
ORDERS-ON-HAND
AS AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER 1989
CHANGE WHEN COMPARED WITH
AUG. 89
SEP. 88
{MONTHS}
(%)
{
ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
4.28
WEARING APPAREL
TEXTILES
**
4.77
+3
2.22
-5
-3
/PLASTIC PRODUCT