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MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1991

INCREASES IN

PER

CAPITA

WERE EARNINGS PARTICULARLY IN

OVER THIS PERIOD, RECORDED IN MOST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED, THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.

ON THE OTHER HAND, A SLIGHT DECREASE IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS WAS THE ISSUE OF RECORDED IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS INDUSTRY,

NUMBER A

OF

AND

DOUBLE-PAY

BONUSES IN DECEMBER ANNUAL MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED IN THIS INDUSTRY.

FOLLOWING

1990 BY

COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1990, PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN JANUARY 1991 THE MANUFACTURING COMPANIES INCREASED BY

IN MONEY TERMS, IN 11%,

1 N ALL MANUFACTURING INCREASED SURVEYED.

PER

EARNINGS CAPITA

IN RECORDED

THE INCREASES INDUSTRIES SURVEYED,

THE LARGEST

THE PLASTIC ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS, FOOD AND DRINKS AND PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.

IT

INCREASE SURVEYED

WITH

RATES OF INDUSTRIES THE TIMING OF SOME

SHOULD, HOWEVER, BE CAUTIONED THAT THE DIFFERENT

MANUFACTURING IN

PER CAPITA EARNINGS AMONG THE WERE PARTLY AFFECTED BY THE DIFFERENCES IN ISSUE OF DOUBLE-PAY AND ANNUAL BONUSES BETWEEN 1990 AND 1991 BY MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SURVEYED.

JANUARY

IN THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES SURVEYED, EMPLOYMENT IN

WITH DECEMBER 1990 AND DECREASED SLIGHTLY WHEN COMPARED

1991 MODERATELY WHEN COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1990.

WHEN

PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN JANUARY 1991 INCREASED MODERATELY COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1990, DUE TO THE ISSUE OF DOUBLE-PAY AND ANNUAL BONUSES BY SOME COMPANIES SURVEYED.

COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1990, PER CAPITA BARNINGS IN JANUARY 1991 DECREASED MODERATELY, DUE TO THE DIFFERENCES IN THE TIMING OF ISSUE OF COMPANIES DOUBLE-PAY AND ANNUAL BONUSES BETWEEN 1990 AND 1991 BY SOME

INDUSTRY COVER SURVEYED. 1T SHOULD BE NOTED THAT FIGURES FOR THIS

BY LABOUR-ONLY SUB- COMPANY EMPLOYERS ONLY; SITE WORKERS EMPLOYED CONTRACTORS ARE NOT INCLUDED,

OVERALL EMPLOYMENT IN

SLIGHTLY

IN THE SELECTED SERVICE SECTORS, THE JANUARY 1991 AS REPORTED BY THE COMPANIES SURVEYED DECREASED WHEN COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1990, BUT INCREASED SLIGHTLY WHEN COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1990.

SERVICE

IN JANUARY 1991, PER CAPITA EARNINGS FOR THE SELECTED

DECEMBER 1990 AND SECTORS TAKEN TOGETHER INCREASED SLIGHTLY OVER MODERATELY OVER JANUARY 1990.

AGAIN, IT SHOULD BE CAUTIONED THAT THE COMPARISON OF PER CAPITA AFFECTED EARNINGS FIGURES BETWEEN JANUARY 1991 AND DECEMBER 1990 WAS

WHILE THE COMPARISON BY THE ISSUE OF DOUBLE-PAY AND ANNUAL BONUSES,

THE BETWEEN THE JANUARY 1991 AND JANUARY 1990 FIGURES WAS AFFECTED BY

ANNUAL BONUSES DIFFERENCES IN THE TIMING OF ISSUE OF DOUBLE-PAY AND BETWEEN 1990 AND 1991 BY SOME COMPANIES SURVEYED.

THE PERCENTAGE CHANGES IN ORDERS-ON-HAND, CAPITA EARNINGS ARE SHOWN IN THE FOLLOWING TABLES.

EMPLOYMENT AND PER

/THE SURVEY