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MONDAY, JULY 20, 1987

MAY ORDERS-ON-HAND, EMPLOYMENT AND PAYROLL FIGURES RELEASED

IN

OF MONTHS) THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND (IN TERMS

FIRMS IN THE MANUFACTURING MAY 1987, AS REPORTED BY THE 200 LARGEST

DECREASED SECTOR REMAINED AT ABOUT THE SAME LEVEL AS IN MAY 1986, BUT

TO ACCORDING

THE RESULTS OF A SLIGHTLY COMPARED WITH APRIL 1987,

THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS

SURVEY RELEASED DEPARTMENT.

TODAY

(MONDAY)

BY

COMPARING MAY 1987 WITH THE SAME MONTH IN 1986, DECREASE IN THE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND WAS RECORDED IN

WAS DECREASE PRODUCTS INDUSTRY, WHILE A SLIGHT ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.

**

A SIGNIFICANT THE PLASTIC

FOR REGISTERED

THE

THE

HOWEVER, THESE WERE OFFSET BY THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN

INDUSTRIES SURVEYED, VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND RECORDED IN ALL OTHER PARTICULARLY IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS AND TEXTILES INDUSTRIES.

COMPARED WITH APRIL 1987, THE ORDERS

AND

PRODUCTS

FABRICATED SIGNIFICANTLY, WHILE THAT IN

LITTLE CHANGE.

METAL ALL

PRODUCTS

POSITION IN THE PLASTIC

INDUSTRIES

OTHER INDUSTRIES

SURVEYED

DROPPED SHOWED

WHEN

EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN

PREVIOUS WITH THE COMPARED

MONTH,

BUT

MAY 1987 INCREASED DECREASED

SLIGHTLY

COMPARED WITH MAY 1986.

COMPARED WITH APRIL 1987, PRODUCTS AND ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC

WHILE SOME INCREASES IN EMPLOYMENT, INDUSTRY REPORTED A SLIGHT DECLINE.

AND DRINKS, THE FOOD

PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES THE FABRICATED METAL

PLASTIC

RECORDED

PRODUCTS

EMPLOYMENT IN THE WEARING METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES

APPAREL, DROPPED,

COMPARED WITH MAY 1986, PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND FABRICATED WHILE THAT IN ALL OTHER INDUSTRIES SURVEYED INCREASED.

WHEN

PAYROLL IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED IN MAY 1987

PER CAPITA COMPARED WITH APRIL 1987 AND MAY 1986. ON THE OTHER HAND,

WITH COMPARED

APRIL 1987, BUT EARNINGS REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED INCREASED APPRECIABLY COMPARED WITH MAY 1986.

MOST PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY. MOST INDUSTRIES SURVEYED BUT PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND ELECTRICAL

COMPARED WITH APRIL 1987, PAYROLL INCREASED MODERATELY IN INDUSTRIES SURVEYED BUT DECREASED IN THE PER CAPITA EARNINGS ALSO INCREASED IN DECREASED IN THE PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.

AND ELECTRONIC

/COMPARED WITH