In last week's post Can We Inflate Our Way out of the Mess? , I asserted that employees currently have no bargaining power, thus wages are unlikely to increase. In response, reader kerrjac commented: It's hard to discuss ...
In response to my post on lost jobs in manufacturing , I was asked to provide manufacturing output as a percent of US GDP. What we see is a manufacturing sector that has been on the decline, relative to the broader ...
President Obama and the Congress have made tremendous strides over the last four months to speed the transition to a clean energy economy. The economic recovery package enacted in February and the appropriations bill ...
The term “modular home” might conjure up visions of dusty old trailer parks for some, but to those in the building industry, manufactured homes are evolving into innovative, practical structures with an increasing mar ...
Mrs Crocket’s is an Australian owned and operated fresh chilled foods manufacturing and distribution company which produces Australia’s favorite pre-packaged fresh salads and vegetable mashes. We are currently see ...
Following yesterday's 7% drop in China's Shanghai Composite Index, the Purchasing Managers' Index in China rose from 53.3 in July to 54.0 in August, signaling that the expansion in the manufacturing sector accelerated ...
Not too long ago, the ticket to the middle class was straightforward. Work hard, play by the rules, and you'll have something to show for it -- a good wage, a secure job and home, and a solid pension. Our nation -- and ...
The pace of decline has been gradual in manufacturing and suggests a U-shaped recovery at this time. But the key index of national manufacturing just missed expectations. Yes, we are improving, but the rate has been ...
Three events in the last few months highlight why the United States needs a Secretary of Manufacturing, who will sit at the Cabinet Table with as much sway and importance as the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of ...
Microsoft today announced that Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 have hit the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) milestone. The software giant still has a lot of work to do, but the bigger responsibility now falls to OEMs ...
