Manufacturing activity in the United States has been decreasing over half a year, and the rate of contraction is speeding up. Indicators from indexes measuring factory activity suggest that a ...

If you follow the headlines, you might conclude that manufacturing in California is on a one-way slide. Rising operating ...

The latest gauge on the manufacturing sector showed that production contracted 0.5 percent in April, the first month-to-month decline since June 2009. However, total industrial production, which ...

Coming off of its first growth month in March, following a 16-month stretch of contraction going back to October 2022, manufacturing output in April reverted back to contraction, albeit slightly, ...