2
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1990
ON THE OTHER HAND, SLIGHT DECREASES IN ORDERS WERE RECORDED THE WEARING APPAREL AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
COMPARED WITH DECEMBER ORDERS-ON-HAND IN DECEMBER 1989 PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.
IN
1988, THE AVERAGE VOLUME
INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE
OF
ACCORDING TO INFORMATION
MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED,
PROVIDED BY SOME
PLASTICS
THIS COULD BE DUE TO AN ADVANCEMENT OF ORDER-PLACING IN DECEMBER 1989, WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE TAKE PLACE IN JANUARY 1990. THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY ALSO SHOWED AN INCREASE.
ON THE OTHER HAND, ORDERS DECREASED MODERATELY IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY AND SLIGHTLY IN THE WEARING APPAREL AND THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES 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
THAT THEIR
ON EMPLOYMENT, THE MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED REPORTED TOTAL WORKFORCE IN DECEMBER 1989 DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT AND 9 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1989 AND DECEMBER 1988 RESPECTIVELY.
COMPARING DECEMBER 1989 WITH NOVEMBER 1989, EMPLOYMENT DECREASED MODERATELY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY AND SLIGHTLY IN THE WEARING APPAREL, FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS AND THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES. OVER THE SAME PERIOD. THE FOOD AND DRINKS AND TEXTILES INDUSTRIES SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE IN EMPLOYMENT.
COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1988, EMPLOYMENT IN DECEMBER 1989 DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN MOST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED, WITH THE LARGEST DECREASE RECORDED IN THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.
ON THE OTHER HAND, A SLIGHT INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENT WAS RECORDED IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS INDUSTRY.
MANUFACTURING
IN DECEMBER 1989, PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN THE COMPANIES SURVEYED INCREASED BY 20 PER
CENT, IN MONEY TERMS, WHEN COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1989. SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS WERE RECORDED IN MOST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED MAINLY DUE TO THE ISSUE OF DOUBLE PAY AND YEAR-END BONUSES BY SOME MANUFACTURING COMPANIES IN DECEMBER 1989.
A
ON THE OTHER HAND. ONLY
SLIGHT INCREASE IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS WAS RECORDED. IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY, PROBABLY BECAUSE MOST COMPANIES SURVEYED IN THIS INDUSTRY USUALLY ISSUE DOUBLE PAY AND YEAR-END BONUSES TO THEIR EMPLOYEES IN JANUARY INSTEAD OF DECEMBER.
/COMPARING DECEMBER