FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1991
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NOVEMBER ORDERS-ON-HAND, EMPLOYMENT AND PAYROLL FIGURES RELEASED
IN NOVEMBER 1990, THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND REPORTED WHEN BY THE 200 LARGEST MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1990, BUT DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT WHEN WITH NOVEMBER 1989, ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF A TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
SURVEY
OF
COMPARED RELEASED
ORDERS-ON- COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1990, THE AVERAGE VOLUME
CHANGE IN ALL MANUFACTURING NOVEMBER 1990 SHOWED LITTLE IN INDUSTRIES SURVEYED.
HAND
IN NOVEMBER COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1989, THE ORDERS POSITION
PARTICULARLY 1990 DROPPED IN MOST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED,
AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS IN THE TEXTILES, PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ON THE OTHER HAND, ORDERS IN THE PRODUCTS INDUSTRY INCREASED MODERATELY OVER THE SAME PERIOD.
TERMS OF
THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND IS MEASURED IN THE NUMBER OF MONTHS AND REFERS TO ORDERS OUTSTANDING AS AT THE END OF THE REFERENCE MONTH,
ON EMPLOYMENT, THE MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED REPORTED THAT THEIR TOTAL WORKFORCE IN NOVEMBER 1990 DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER WITH OCTOBER 1990, AND BY 11 PER CENT WHEN
1989.
OCTOBER
1990,
EMPLOYMENT
IN
NOVEMBER
1990 COMPARED WITH DECREASED MODERATELY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY, AND TO A LESSER AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS EXTENT IN THE TEXTILES AND THE ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIES.
ON THE OTHER HAND, EMPLOYMENT INCREASED SLIGHTLY IN AND DRINKS AND THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES. SAME PERIOD, THE WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRY REPORTED LITTLE
EMPLOYMENT.
COMPARED WITH
NOVEMBER
1989.
EMPLOYMENT
THE FOOD
OVER THE CHANGE. IN
1990 LARGEST AND THE
IN NOVEMBER DECREASED IN MOST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED, WITH THE
RECORDED IN DECREASES
PRODUCTS, THE PLASTIC ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, A SLIGHT INCREASE RECORDED IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS INDUSTRY.
TEXTILES
EMPLOYMENT IN
WAS
IN THE MANUFACTURING MONEY TERMS, WHEN
IN NOVEMBER 1990, PER CAPITA EARNINGS
BY 2 PER CENT, IN DECREASED COMPANIES SURVEYED COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1990.
THE
IN
1SSUE
A
SLIGHT
METAL
OVER THIS PERIOD, PER CAPITA EARNINGS DECREASED MODERATELY ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY, FOLLOWING THE
SURVEYED. OF BONUSES IN
MANUFACTURERS OCTOBER BY SOME DECREASE IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS WAS RECORDED IN THE FABRICATED PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.
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