BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1996 RELEASED TODAY: PPI -- The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods advanced 0.4 percent in October, seasonally adjusted. This followed a 0.2 percent increase in September and a 0.3 percent rise in August. Prices for both finished energy goods and finished consumer foods rose more than in the prior month. By contrast, the index for finished goods other than food and energy fell 0.3 percent after rising 0.3 percent in September .... QUALITY CHANGES FOR 1997 MODEL VEHICLES -- The value of quality changes for a sample of 15 1997 model domestic passenger cars included in the PPI for October represented 45.9 percent of the average yearly increase in producers' prices and 55.7 percent of the average yearly increase in manufacturers' suggested list prices .... A downsizing record -- The Sunbeam Corporation said it would cut its work force by half, or 6,000 jobs, in what is believed to be, in terms of percentage, the biggest corporate staff cut ever ....(New York Times, page D1)_____Sunbeam would eliminate 50 percent of the company's 12,000 employees and sell or consolidate 39 of its 53 facilities. The company will shed several lines of businesses and scrap 87 percent of Sunbeam's products ....(Wall Street Journal, page B1). Major airlines are tightening their grip at large airports, blocking use by new carriers and causing ticket prices to rise, a General Accounting Office report says ....(Wall Street Journal, page A2). The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, in its annual report card on the U.S. economy, gave it an "A" and predicted another couple of years of "full employment with fairly low inflation" ....(Wall Street Journal, page A2). DUE OUT TOMORROW: Consumer Price Index -- October 1996 Real Earnings: October 1996