FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1991
ORDERS-ON-HAND, EMPLOYMENT AND PER CAPITA EARNINGS FIGURES
FOR AUGUST RELEASED
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MONTH OF AUGUST THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND FOR THE AS REPORTED BY THE 200 LARGEST MANUFACTURING COMPANIES DECREASED BY 1 3 PER CENT WHEN PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH JULY, BUT INCREASED BY COMPARED WITH AUGUST LAST YEAR, ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF RELEASED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
A SURVEY
ORDERS-ON-HAND APPAREL, AND THE
HAND,
ORDERS SLIGHTLY
COMPARED WITH JULY 1991, THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF
SLIGHTLY IN THE WEARING IN AUGUST 1991 INCREASED
ON THE OTHER INDUSTRIES. PRODUCTS FABRICATED METAL DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY AND IN THE TEXTILES, AND THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
1991 COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1990, THE ORDERS POSITION IN AUGUST IMPROVED IN MOST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED, WITH THE LARGEST INDUSTRY, FOLLOWED BY THE PLASTIC INCREASE RECORDED IN THE TEXTILES PRODUCTS; WEARING APPAREL; FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS; AND AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
ELECTRICAL
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.
THEIR COMPARED
ON EMPLOYMENT, THE MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED REPORTED THAT TOTAL WORKFORCE IN AUGUST 1991 DECREASED BY 2 PER CENT WHEN WITH JULY 1991, AND BY 10 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1990.
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1991 DECREASED COMPARED WITH JULY 1991, EMPLOYMENT IN AUGUST MODERATELY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY, DUE TO THE DEPARTURE OF SUMMER WORKERS. ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, EMPLOYMENT DECREASED SLIGHTLY IN ALL THE OTHER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED.
IN
COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1990, EMPLOYMENT IN AUGUST 1991
WITH MORE SURVEYED, ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES DECREASES RECORDED IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS; ELECTRICAL AND PRODUCTS; AND TEXTILES INDUSTRIES.
IN
DECREASED SIGNIFICANT ELECTRONIC
EARNINGS IN THE MANUFACTURING AUGUST 1991, PER CAPITA
1 PER CENT IN INCREASED BY
MONEY TERMS WHEN COMPANIES SURVEYED
IN COMPARED WITH JULY 1991. PER CAPITA EARNINGS INCREASED MODERATELY
IN THE THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY AND SLIGHTLY
INDUSTRIES. TEXTILES; WEARING APPAREL; AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, PER CAPITA EARNINGS DECREASED SLIGHTLY IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS, AND THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
COMPARED
WITH
AUGUST
PER 1990,
CAPITA EARNINGS
THE 15 PER EARNINGS WITH SURVEYED, ELECTRONIC
IN
THE
PRODUCTS
MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SURVEYED INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY, BY
INCREASES IN PER CAPITA CENT IN MONEY TERMS IN AUGUST 1991. WERE RECORDED IN ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES LARGEST INCREASE RECORDED IN THE ELECTRICAL AND INDUSTRY.
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