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THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1987

COMPARING JUNE 1987 WITH MAY 1987, THE VOLUME OF ORDERS IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY INCREASED WHILE THAT IN MOST OF THE OTHER INDUSTRIES SURVEYED SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE.

EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN JUNE 1987 INCREASED WHEN COMPARED WITH MAY 1987, BUT DECREASED SLIGHTLY COMPARED WITH JUNE 1986. THE INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENT OVER MAY 1987 IN ALMOST ALL INDUSTRIES SURVEYED WAS DUE MAINLY TO THE RECRUITMENT OF SUMMER WORKERS, WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT INCREASE RECORDED IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.

COMPARED WITH JUNE 1986, EMPLOYMENT IN THE WEARING APPAREL, PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES DECREASED, WHILE THAT IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS, TEXTILES, AND ELECTPICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES INCREASED.

PAYROLL IN MOST INDUSTRIES SURVEYED INCREASED IN JUNE 1987 OVER MAY 1987 BECAUSE OF THE RECRUITMENT OF SUMMER WORKERS, IN THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY DECREASED.

ON THE OTHER HAND, PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN MOST SURVEYED HAD FALLEN BELOW THE LEVEL IN MAY 1987 BECAUSE OF WAGES OF SUMMER WORKERS.

BUT THAT

INDUSTRIES THE LOWER

COMPARING JUNE 1987 WITH JUNE 1986, SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN PAYROLL AND IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS WERE RECORDED IN ALL INDUSTRIES SURVEYED, PARTICULARLY IN THE TEXTILES, FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS AND ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.

IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR, EMPLOYMENT, PAYROLL AND PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN JUNE 1987 ALL DECREASED COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS MONTH, BUT INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY COMPARED WITH THE SAME MONTH IN 1986.

IN THE SERVICES SECTORS, THE OVERALL EMPLOYMENT IN JUNE 1987 WAS ABOUT THE SAME AS IN MAY 1987, BUT PAYROLL AND PER CAPITA EARNINGS GENERALLY INCREASED.

BANKS AND PUBLIC UTILITIES PAYROLL AND IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS.

RECORDED MODERATE INCREASES IN

COMPARED WITH JUNE 1986. THE OVERALL EMPLOYMENT IN THE SERVICES SECTORS INCREASED DESPITE A SLIGHT DECREASE RECORDED IN HOTELS. PAYROLL AND PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN ALL THE SERVICES SECTORS SURVEYED RECORDED SIGNIFICANT INCREASES OVER JUNE 1986.

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

EMPLOYMENT AND PER

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