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SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1988

COMPARING MAY 1988 WITH MAY 1987,

EMPLOYMENT IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY, AND TO A LESSER EXTENT IN THE WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRY, WHILE THE TEXTILES AND THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES DECREASED SLIGHTLY.

ON THE OTHER HAND, A SLIGHT INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENT BETWEEN MAY 1988 AND MAY 1987 WAS RECORDED IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.

COMPARED WITH APRIL 1988. PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN MAY 1988 INCREASED MODERATELY IN THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY AND SLIGHTLY IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS, WEARING APPAREL AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES, BUT DECREASED SLIGHTLY IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.

COMPARING MAY 1988 WITH MAY 1987, PER CAPITA EARNINGS INCREASED MODERATELY IN THE WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRY BUT SIGNIFICANTLY IN OTHER INDUSTRIES SURVEYED.

IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR, EMPLOYMENT IN MAY 1988 INCREASED SLIGHTLY OVER APRIL 1988 BUT DECREASED SLIGHTLY WHEN COMPARED WITH MAY 1987. ON THE OTHER HAND, PER CAPITA EARNINGS DECREASED SLIGHTLY WHEN COMPARED WITH APRIL 1988 BUT SHOWED A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OVER MAY 1987.

IN THE SERVICE SECTORS SURVEYED, THE OVERALL LEVEL OF EMPLOYMENT IN MAY 1988 WAS ABOUT THE SAME AS IN APRIL 1988, BUT INCREASED SLIGHTLY OVER MAY 1987.

PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN MAY 1988 DECREASED MODERATELY, PARTICULARLY IN PUBLIC UTILITY COMPANIES, WHEN COMPARED WITH APRIL 1988. COMPARED WITH MAY 1987, PER CAPITA SIGNIFICANTLY IN MOST OF THE SERVICE LARGEST INCREASE RECORDED IN HOTELS.

SECTORS

THE PERCENTAGE CHANGES IN ORDERS-ON-HAND, CAPITA EARNINGS ARE SHOWN IN TABLES 1 TO 3.

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

EARNINGS INCREASED SURVEYED, WITH THE

EMPLOYMENT AND PER

LARGEST MANUFACTURING THE CONSTRUCTION AND TO THEIR EMPLOYMENT

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