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The GM strike, slumping oil prices, and sluggish global demand pulled down industrial output more than expected.

A sign that the mini-recession in manufacturing may already be coming to an end.

Business conditions grew worse in October but optimism about the future increased.

Four executives at a Chicago, Illinois manufacturing plant have been charged with knowingly hiring illegal aliens over American citizens, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency reveals. 

Louis Vuitton’s creative director Nicolas Ghesquière is rebuking President Trump and his association with LVMH, the parent company to the luxury leather goods brand, accusing the president of homophobia. 

Overall industrial production declined in September following strong growth in August, driven down by the GM strike and cheap energy.

In a report that leaked from the NY Fed a day early, there are signs of hope for the manufacturing sector.

Currency and rates markets agree with Trump: the Fed’s policy is too tight and rates need to come down.

Sluggish global growth is weighing on the U.S. economy, pushing the dollar higher and dragging down U.S. exports.

An economic “ray of light” shines forth from American factories after several months of gloom.

British manufacturing has received a boost as Brexit-backing billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe confirmed his brand new 4×4 will be built at a plant in Wales.

Modern threats to national security via globalization bear little resemblance to those of previous centuries, said Robert Spalding.

Manufacturing job openings jumped to 522,000 from 515,000 in the prior month, the Department of Labor said Tuesday.

New orders, employment, and production all declined as trade and global economic headwinds produced the worst reading since 2016.

Tomi Lahren posted a public statement responding to the fallout from her collaboration with athleisure line Alexo Athletica, which manufactures its products in China, noting that the company “aims to be made in America.”

Multinational corporation Volvo is opening a new factory in China this week under its Polestar electric vehicle brand with plans to sell the product to American consumers.

United States Steel Corp is planning to lay off nearly 200 American workers at its Great Lakes, Michigan plant while it halts production for at least six months.

The country’s reliance on China for vital industries that are necessary for United States national security is “truly frightening,” says Curtis Ellis of America First Policies. 

Job openings and hires in the manufacturing sector remain elevated despite trade tensions. Factory layoffs remain very low.

The idling of GM’s transmission plant in Warren, Michigan, is expected to cost about 16,000 jobs in the state over the next two years, analysis finds, as hundreds of laid-off American workers have already been uprooted

Trump complained that the Fed should have gone further. Thursday’s data make the case for further Fed cuts.

Demand for durable goods, those expected to last at least three years, rose 2 percent in June from the previous month

All three components of the composite index—shipments, new orders, and employment—registered declines for July. 

The Apollo 11 moon landing’s lessons – particularly the need for national industrial policy – are being lost, said retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Robert Spalding

After slumping in June, the Philly Fed’s reading of economic conditions saw the biggest rebound in a decade.

The CEO of Aston Martin says the iconic marque has planned for a No Deal Brexit, and branded Theresa May’s negotiations with the European Union “laughable”.

Ross Perot rejected “free trade orthodoxy” while viewing those “harmed by lower wages as equal participants” in America, said Henry Olsen.

The last time there were this many open manufacturing jobs was all the way back in 2001.

Jaguar Land Rover will start building its next-generation electric car at its Castle Bromwich plant in 2020, sustaining thousands of British jobs.

Manufacturing continued to slow in June but still outpaced expectations. Lots of gripes about tariffs but prices are falling.

The anti-Brexit narrative on impending job losses at Ford’s facilities in Wales is unravelling as the car manufacturer announces further cutbacks in Continental Europe and Russia.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) promised to bring manufacturing jobs back to the United States during the first Democrat presidential debate, echoing one of President Trump’s original campaign promises.

The New York Fed’s Empire State index took fell into negative territory for the first time in more than two years.

About seven-in-ten Republican voters support tariffs on Chinese imports to protect American jobs and U.S. industries from unfair foreign competition, a new poll finds.

A California furniture and hardware company is planning to expand its manufacturing in the United States thanks to President Trump’s tariffs on billions of dollars worth of Chinese imports. 

Factory jobs expanded to match the highest ever levels on record, defying predictions of tariff-induced manufacturing stress.