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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1987

COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER

1986,

EMPLOYMENT

SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND WEARING APPAREL

DECREASED INDUSTRIES,

AND SLIGHTLY IN THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY. ON THE OTHER HAND, EMPLOYMENT IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS, TEXTILES AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INUDSTRIES INCREASED.

IN SEPTEMBER 1987, PAYROLL AND PER CAPITA BARNINGS IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR BOTH DECREASED COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1987 BUT INCREASED OVER BEPTEMBER 1988.

COMPARING SEPTEMBER 1987 WITH AUGUST 1987, PAYROLL IN ALL INDUSTRIES SURVEYED EXCEPT THE FOOD AND DRINKS AND FABRICATEÐ METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES DECREASED, PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE DECREASE IN EMPLOYMENT. ON THE OTHER HAND, PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN ALL INDUSTRIES SURVEYED OTHER THAN THE WEARING APPAREL AND TEXTILES INCREASED.

INDUSTRIES

COMPARINO THE PAYROLL IN SEPTEMBER 1987 WITH THAT IN 9EPTEMBER 1986, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN ALL INDUSTRIES SURVEYED EXCEPT THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY, MOST INDUSTRIES SURVEYED RECORDED SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN PER CAPITA BARNINGS OVER SEPTEMBER 1986.

IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR, EMPLOYMENT IN SEPTEMBER 1987 WAS ABOUT THE SAME AS IN AUGUST 1987 BUT PAYROLL AND PBR CAPITA EARNINGS INCREASED. WHEN COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1986, EMPLOYMENT, PAYROLL AND PER CAPITA BARNINGS ALL INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY.

IN THE SERVICES SECTORS, OVERALL EMPLOYMENT IN SEPTEMBER 1987 REMAINED AT ABOUT THE SAME LEVEL AS IN AUGUST 1987 BUT PAYROLL AND PER CAITA BARNINGS INCREASED. COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1986, EMPLOYMENT RECORDED A MODERATE INCREASE, WHILE PAYROLL AND PER CAPITA EARNINGS SHOWED SIGNIFICANT INCREASES.

AMONG THE VARIOUS SERVICES SECTORS, PAYROLL AND PER CAPITA EARNINGS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN PUBLIC UTILITY COMPANIES, AND SLIGHTLY IN HOTELS, BUT DECREASED IN BANKS WHEN COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1987. COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1986, SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN PAYROLL AND PER CAPITA EARNINGS WERE RECORDED IN BANKS AND HOTELS AND, TO A LESSER EXTENT, IN PUBLIC UTILITY COMPANIES. A MODERATE INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENT WAS ALSO RECORDED IN BANKS.

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

THE SURVEY COVERED A PANEL OF THE 200 LARGEBT MANUFACTURING COMPANIES AND THE 50 LARGEST COMPANIES IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND SELECTED SERVICES SECTORS, CHOSEN BY REFERENCE SIZES IN SEPTEMBER 1986.

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