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SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1989

JANUARY ORDERS-ON-HAND, EMPLOYMENT AND PAYROLL FIGURES RELEASED

THE AVERAGE

LARGEST COMPANIES

VOLUME IN THE

OF

BY

ORDERS-ON-HAND REPORTED

THE 200 1989 MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN JANUARY

BOTH DECEMBER 1988 AND TODAY

SURVEY

WITH INCREASED BY 1 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED

OF A JANUARY 1988, ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS (SATURDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

RELEASED

IN THE PLASTIC DECEMBER 1988

IN JANUARY 1989, THE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND PRODUCTS INDUSTRY INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY OVER THAT IN AS SOME MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED REPORTED TO HAVE RECEIVED NEW ORDERS.

IN

OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE ORDERS POSITION IMPROVED SLIGHTLY

LITTLE CHANGE IN THE WEARING THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY, WHILE SHOWING APPAREL AND THE ELECTRICAL AND

INDUSTRIES. ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS THE ORDERS POSITION WAS HOWEVER, A SLIGHT DECLINE IN

RECORDED IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.

THE ORDERS

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COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1988,

POSITION IN JANUARY 1989 INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS AND, A LESSER EXTENT, IN THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES, BUT DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY.

DECREASES WERE WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRIES.

ALSO RECORDED

IN THE PLASTIC

PRODUCTS AND

IN TERMS OF AT THE END

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

WAS

SURVEYED REPORTED THAT THE ON EMPLOYMENT, THE MANUFACTURERS JANUARY 1989 LEVEL

LOWER BY 1 PER CENT

WITH WHEN COMPARED DECEMBER 1988 AND BY 6 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1988.

COMPARING

JANUARY

1989

DECREASED SLIGHTLY IN MOST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES

EMPLOYMENT SURVEYED, EXCEPT

FOR THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY WHICH SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE IN EMPLOYMENT.

WITH

DECEMBER

1988,

COMPARED

WITH

JANUARY

1988,

EMPLOYMENT

IN

JANUARY

1989

DECREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.

PRODUCTS,

IN THE ELECTRICAL FOOD AND DRINKS

FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT DECREASES WERE RECORDED WEARING APPAREL AND ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES. THERE WAS ALSO A SLIGHT DECREASE IN THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY.

AND

ON THE OTHER

HAND,

A METAL

SLIGHT

INCREASE

IN

PRODUCTS INDUSTRY

IN THE

WAS

EMPLOYMENT OVER THE SAME

RECORDED IN THE FABRICATED PERIOD.

BY

PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN JANUARY 1989, COMPANIES SURVEYED INCREASED, IN MONEY TERMS, DECEMBER 1988 AND BY 46 PER CENT OVER JANUARY 1988.

MANUFACTURING 44 PER CENT OVER

/CAUTION SHOULD