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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER

1962

MONTHLY SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT, PAYROLL AND ORDERS-ON-HAND

FOR JULY 1982 ***

THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY RELEASED STATISTICS FROM THE MONTHLY SURVEY FOR JULY 1982, WHICH WAS CONDUCTED ON A PANEL OF THE 200 LARGEST MANUFACTURING COMPANIES (CHOSEN BY REFERENCE TO THEIR EMPLOYMENT SIZE IN SEPTEMBER 1979) AS WELL AS OF THE 43 LARGEST COMPANIES IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND SELECTED SERVICES SECTORS. AS THE SAMPLE WAS NOT DRAWN ON A RANDOM BASIS THE RESULTS ON MAGNITUDE OF CHANGE MIGHT NOT REFLECT THE EXPERIENCE OF THE ECONOMY AS A WHOLE, BUT SHOULD GIVE USEFUL INDICATION OF THE DIRECTION OF CHANGE FÖR A QUICK ASSESSMENT OF DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ECONOMY IN THE SHORT TERM.

ACCORDING TO THE MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED, EMPLOYMENT INCREASED IN THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY IN JULY 1982 AS COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING MONTH, OWING TO THE RECRUITMENT OF MORE STUDENTS AS TEMPORARY WORKERS DURING THE SUMMER VACATION. HOWEVER, EMPLOYMENT DECLINED IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY FOLLOWING THE RETRENCHMENT OF WORKERS BY ONE OF THE FACTORY SURVEYED.

COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING MONTH, PAYROLL AND PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES IN GENERAL ROSE. INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR THE FOOD AND DRINKS, WEARING APPAREL, TEXTILES, PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES AS WELL AS FOR THE OTHERS' CATEGORY OF THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, WHILE THE INCREASE IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN THE OTHERS' CATEGORY WAS DUE TO THE PAYMENT OF MID-YEAR BONUSES AND HIGHER WAGE RATES IN SEVERAL FACTORIES SURVEYED, AND THE INCREASE IN FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS WAS OWING TO THE AWARD OF SEVERANCE PAY TO WORKERS LAID OFF. PAYROLL AND PER CAPITA EARNINGS ALSO ROSE IN PUBLIC UTILITIES AND THE OTHERS+ CATEGORY OF THE SERVICES SECTOR DUE TO SALARY REVISION AND THE AWARD OF SERVICE BONUSES IN A FEW COMPANIES.

ORDERS-ON-HAND (IN TERMS OF MONTHS) DECLINED GENERALLY IN THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED IN JULY 1982 AS COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING MONTH. THE MORE NOTABLE DECREASES OCCURRED IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS, PLASTICS, AND ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.

THE PERCENTAGE CHANGES IN EMPLOYMENT, PER CAPITA EARNINGS AND ORDERS-ON-HAND FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS ARE SHOWN IN THE ACCOMPANYING TABLE.

THE SURVEY REPORT FOR JULY 1982 IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE, AT $1.50 PER COPY. ENQUIRIES ON THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE MADE TO THE

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (AT 3-7221914).

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