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Is the manufacturing sector in the U.S. dead? Not exactly. Actually, not even close to it.

Employment in the manufacturing sector may be down, but the dollar output is high.

Consider two questions:

  1. What country in the world has the largest amount of manufacturing?
  2. If manufacturing in the U.S. was a separate country, where would it rank compared to GDP of other countries?

Would this be your response?

  1. Lots of places other than the U.S.
  2. really low

Guess again.

Correct answer:  Read more…

In a paragraph, here’s why we will see a lot more reshoring

Mark J. Perry calls attention to a company that makes bracelets and charms for colleges and sororities – Manufacturing Boom in Michigan, Partly Due to Reshoring; U.S. Factories are Competitive Again

The company brought its manufacturing back from China.

The reason they did so as described by Prof. Perry, is the same reason there will be a lot more companies that do so: Read more…

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