US Manufacturing isn’t dead, despite all the reports to the contrary, manufacturing writer Jim Vinoski wrote a few days ago in Forbes. The industry has had its share of ups and downs, there’s no doubt. ...
WASHINGTON – Federal numbers say that US unemployment fell to the lowest in years, with 3.9 percent. In other words, over 96 percent of Americans that want jobs have them. It’s the lowest since the ...
The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) issued the following news release today: Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 2.0 percent in the first quarter of 2018, according to the ...
By Zach Mottl – For more than 100 years, my company, Atlas Tool Works, has been making precision parts and components in Illinois. In that time, our state has benefited from the middle-class jobs created ...
Manufacturers and business service providers posted a strong month of hiring in April, helping cut the U.S. unemployment rate to 3.9 percent, the lowest level since December 2000. Employment in manufacturing grew by 24,000. Much ...
U.S. manufacturing technology orders for the first two months of 2018 climbed 27 percent higher than the same period in 2017, signaling continued strength in the recovery initiated in June 2017, according to the latest ...
WASHINGTON – In a recent report from the Institute for Supply Management, manufacturers shared their thoughts about a potential trade war between the US and China. “We are concerned about the impact of tariff and ...