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THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1989.

COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1987, THE ORDERS POSITION IN NOVEMBER 1988 INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY AND SLIGHTLY IN THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.

PRODUCTS

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE ORDERS POSITION DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE TEXTILES AND PLASTIC INDUSTRIES, AND SLIGHTLY IN THE WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRY.

THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND IS MEASURED IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF MONTHS AND REFERS TO ORDERS OUTSTANDING AS AT THE END OF THE REFERENCE MONTH.

ON EMPLOYMENT, THE MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED REPORTED THAT THE NOVEMBER 1988 LEVEL WAS LOWER BY 1 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1988 AND BY 6 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1987.

COMPARING NOVEMBER 1988 WITH OCTOBER 1988, EMPLOYMENT INCREASED SLIGHTLY IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS AND THE FOOD AND DRINKS INDUSTRIES, BUT DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.

EMPLOYMENT IN THE WEARING APPAREL, TEXTILES AND THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE OVER THE PERIOD.

SAME

1988

COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1987. EMPLOYMENT IN NOVEMBER DECREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY AND MODERATELY IN MOST OTHER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED, EXCEPT FOR THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY WHICH RECORDED A SLIGHT INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENT.

PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN THE MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SURVEYED DECREASED, IN MONEY TERMS, BY 1 PER CENT IN NOVEMBER 1988 WHEN COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1988, BUT INCREASED BY 17 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1987,

COMPARING NOVEMBER 1988 WITH OCTOBER 1988, PER CAPITA EARNINGS DECREASED MODERATELY IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS AND THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES AND SLIGHTLY IN THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY. OVER THE SAMB PERIOD OF COMPARISON, A SLIGHT INCREASE IN PER CAPITA EARNINGA WAS REGISTERED IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.

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COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1987 PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN NOVEMBER 1988 INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED, WITH THE LARGEST INCREASES RECORDED IN THE PLASTIC FRODUCTS, FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS AND THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.

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