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ON THE OTHER HAND, SLIGHT INCREASES IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS WERE WEARING APPAREL AND TEXTILES RECORDED

PLASTIC PRODUCTS, IN THE INDUSTRIES, WHILE THE FOOD AND DRINKS INDUSTRY REPORTED LITTLE IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS.

CHANGE

IN NOVEMBER COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1989, PER CAPITA EARNINGS

THE MANUFACTURING 1990 INCREASED BY 17 PER CENT, IN MONEY TERMS, IN

INCREASES IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS WERE RECORDED IN COMPANIES SURVEYED. ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED.

NOVEMBER

IN THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES SURVEYED, EMPLOYMENT IN 1990 DECREASED SLIGHTLY WHEN COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1990 AND MODERATELY WHEN COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1989.

PER

WHEN

FOR

CAPITA EARNINGS IN NOVEMBER 1990 INCREASED COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1990 AND SIGNIFICANTLY NOVEMBER 1989. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT FIGURES COVER COMPANY EMPLOYEES ONLY; SITE WORKERS EMPLOYED SUB-CONTRACTORS ARE NOT INCLUDED.

OVERALL

SLIGHTLY WHEN COMPARED WITH

THIS INDUSTRY BY LABOUR-ONLY

EMPLOYMENT

IN

IN THE SELECTED SERVICE SECTORS, THE NOVEMBER 1990 AS REPORTED BY THE COMPANIES SURVEYED INCREASED SLIGHTLY WHEN COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1990 AND NOVEMBER 1989.

IN NOVEMBER 1990, PER CAPITA EARNINGS FOR THE SELECTED SECTORS TAKEN TOGETHER INCREASED SLIGHTLY WHEN COMPARED WITH 1990, BUT SHOWED A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE OVER NOVEMBER 1989.

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

SERVICE OCTOBER

AND PER

LARGEST MANUFACTURING THE SURVEY COVERED A PANEL OF THE 200

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY COMPANIES AND THE 50 LARGEST COMPANIES IN THE

EMPLOYMENT AND SELECTED SERVICE SECTORS, CHOSEN BY REFERENCE TO THEIR SIZES IN SEPTEMBER 1986.

THE DEPARTMENT CAUTIONED THAT AS THE SURVEY IS NOT BASED ON SCIENTIFICALLY SELECTED SAMPLE, THE MAGNITUDES OF CHANGE INDICATED THE SURVEY RESULTS ARE MERELY A REFLECTION OF THE EXPERIENCE COMPANIES SURVEYED.

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BY

OF THE

ABLE

HOWEVER, GIVEN THE COMPOSITION OF THE PANEL, IT SHOULD BR TO PROVIDE A USEFUL INDICATION OF THE DIRECTION OF CHANGE FOR MAKING A QUICK ASSESSMENT OF DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ECONOMY IN THE SHORT TERM.

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THE THE SURVEY

FOR NOVEMBER 1990 IS NOW ON REPORT

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