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PAYROLL AND SURVEYED,

COMPARED WITH MAY 1986, SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN

RECORDED IN

INDUSTRIES MOST IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS WERE

METAL FABRICATED PARTICULARLY IN THE TEXTILES, ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.

PRODUCTS AND

CAPITA 1987 AND MAY

IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR, EMPLOYMENT, PAYROLL AND PER EARNINGS ALL INCREASED IN MAY 1987 COMPARED WITH APRIL 1986. THE INCREASES OVER MAY 1986 WERE SUBSTANTIAL.

IN THE SERVICES SECTORS, OVERALL EMPLOYMENT ABOUT THE SAME AS IN APRIL 1987, BUT PAYROLL AND PER DECREASED SLIGHTLY.

IN MAY

CAPITA

1987 WAS EARNINGS

IN PAYROLL PUBLIC

AMONG THE VARIOUS SERVICES SECTORS, SOME DECREASES

AND HOTELS IN RECORDED WERE EARNINGS AND IN PER CAPITA UTILITIES FOLLOWING THEIR ISSUE OF BONUSES IN APRIL 1987.

COMPARED WITH MAY 1986,

OVERALL EMPLOYMENT SLIGHT A

DECREASE

THE IN

IN RECORDED

SERVICES HOTELS. SECTORS SURVEYED

SECTORS INCREASED DESPITE PAYROLL AND PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN ALL THE SERVICES RECORDED SIGNIFICANT INCREASES OVER MAY 1986.

THE PERCENTAGE CHANGES IN ORDERS-ON-HAND, CAPITA EARNINGS ARE SHOWN IN TABLES 1 AND 2 BELOW.

THE

EMPLOYMENT AND

PER

200 LARGEST PANEL OF

IN THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES

REFERENCE TO

MANUFACTURING

AND

THEIR

EMPLOYMENT

A COVERED SURVEY AND THE 50 LARGEST COMPANIES SELECTED SERVICES SECTORS, CHOSEN BY SIZES IN SEPTEMBER 1986.

THE DEPARTMENT SURVEY MIGHT

AS THE SAMPLE WAS NOT DRAWN ON A RANDOM BASIS, CAUTIONED THAT THE MAGNITUDE OF CHANGE INDICATED BY TEH

A WHOLE. NEVERTHELESS, NOT REFLECT THE EXPERIENCE OF THE ECONOMY AS

OF INDICATION USEFUL THESE RESULTS ARE EXPECTED TO PROVIDE A

IN DEVELOPMENTS ASSESSMENT OF DIRECTION OF CHANGE FOR A QUICK ECONOMY IN THE SHORT TERM.

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THE

THE

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INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION

STATISTICS

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MAY

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Table 1