manufacturing

New York manufacturing data flashing warning signals nationwide

Empire State index dropping to 5.7. Growth momentum stalling. Factory orders cooling. Industrial supply chain problems getting bigger. Weekly work hours shrinking. Companies cutting production. Corporate profits hitting records. Average worker money buying less. Yield curve steepening dangerously. Recession conditions building. Hiring plans vanishing. Labor market hitting dead end. Official data hiding reality. Disconnect reaching …

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Wall Street Is Manufacturing A Galactic Valuation Fantasy

Goldman Sachs is circulating aggressive growth projections to drive interest in the upcoming SpaceX initial public offering. The bank claims revenue at the artificial intelligence division will jump 100-fold to 322 billion dollars by 2030. Total company revenue is projected to hit 474 billion dollars in that same window. This forecast serves as the primary …

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Trump is turning drone manufacturing into the next government-backed boom sector

Pentagon money is heading straight into U.S. drone companies and the market instantly got the message. Some drone stocks exploded the moment the announcement hit, while unusual buying showed up days earlier. Nothing attracts capital faster than government contracts, equity stakes, and a national security label. The bigger question now is who knew before the …

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Semiconductor manufacturing investment surge hits $2 billion mark

The Department of Commerce just signed 9 new letters of intent to distribute $2.013 billion in federal incentives… This funding push aims to triple domestic chip production capacity by the year 2032… Industry analysts are watching closely as chiplet costs rise, creating new economic hurdles for manufacturers… Nvidia and Google Cloud are pushing deeper into …

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Fatal explosion at Washington state manufacturing plant

A fatal explosion at a manufacturing plant in Washington has left multiple people dead, according to local authorities. Current confirmed details: At least 1–2 people confirmed dead. 9 workers still missing (presumed dead by some officials). At least 9–10 others injured, including chemical burns and a firefighter. The tank held up to 900,000 gallons and …

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Florida hits SPLC with subpoena over alleged racism manufacturing racket using paid informants

SPLC funneled $160k to KKK Grand Wizard while screaming hate at everyone else. Attorney General Uthmeier demands documents on deceptive fundraising and fake hate map grift. Southern Poverty Law Center’s donor cash machine now under civil investigation in Florida. Finally someone’s cracking open this decades-long hate-for-profit scam. Exposed? Florida targets SPLC for allegedly ‘manufacturing’ racism …

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Stagflationary pressures are building in the US manufacturing sector. Powell: “Energy hasn’t even peaked yet, and we’d want to see the backside of that and progress on tariffs before we even thought about reducing rates”

ISM manufacturing prices paid index spiked to 84.6 points in April, a 4-year high. Over the last 3 months, prices paid have SKYROCKETED over 20 points, marking one of the biggest spikes in history. Meanwhile, the employment index dropped to 46.4 points, the lowest level in 2026. Employment has now been contracting for 15 months …

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PMI manufacturing index hits highest mark in 4 years.

Related Last Previous Unit Reference ISM Manufacturing PMI 52.70 52.70 points Apr 2026 Chicago Fed National Activity Index -0.20 0.03 points Mar 2026 Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index -2.30 -0.20 points Apr 2026 Factory Orders MoM 0.00 0.00 percent Feb 2026 Kansas Fed Manufacturing Index 10.00 11.00 points Apr 2026 Manufacturing Production YoY 0.50 1.10 percent …

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New PMI data shows manufacturing strength while services lag, markets eye signs the economy may be holding up better than feared. Another TACO is coming.

MACRO DATA JUST DROPPED • Manufacturing PMI 52.4 vs. Est. 51.3 • Services PMI 51.1 vs. Est. 51.5 • Composite PMI: 51.4 This should ease the recession fears that started creeping into the market last week and suggests the bear case may have gotten ahead of itself. S&P PMI: "The PMI data are indicative of …

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Trump launches new tariffs on 16 countries section 301 probe targets manufacturing and excess capacity

🚨 BREAKING 🇺🇸 TRUMP TO URGENTLY IMPOSE "NEW" TARIFFS ON 16 COUNTRIES. THE U.S. JUST OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED A SECTION 301 TRADE INVESTIGATION TO RESTORE 25% TARIFFS. THIS DOESN'T LOOK GOOD FOR MARKETS… pic.twitter.com/KGCwk5ZAfP — 0xNobler (@CryptoNobler) March 12, 2026 On March 11, 2026, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) officially initiated Section 301 investigations into …

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Japanese plastic manufacturer Sanko to build their first American manufacturing facility in San Antonio, Texas

Japanese plastic manufacturer Sanko to build their first American manufacturing facility in San Antonio, Texas, creating hundreds of jobs for the local community. pic.twitter.com/BLcywyP0U9 — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) February 17, 2026 Factcheck: According to Sanko Texas Corp.’s plans, the San Antonio facility is expected to finish construction by fall 2027 and begin operations in …

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We need to build Trump homes… WSJ editorial: tariffs save America. WSJ data: manufacturing declines.

We need to build Trump homes https://t.co/HrDRzlzIn3 — Don Johnson (@DonMiami3) February 4, 2026 Homebuilders are drafting a plan to construct nearly a million “Trump Homes” in a bid to tackle the US housing affordability crisis, Bloomberg News has reported. Follow: @AFpost pic.twitter.com/x1rVXOtOfC — AF Post (@AFpost) February 3, 2026  

US ISM manufacturing just printed 52.6, highest in the last 40 months. Heavy truck sales crash 32 percent. The recession indicator nobody’s watching just collapsed 32%.

10Y moving higher in hot patch of economic data this morning pic.twitter.com/aaJ7AJh615 — Don Johnson (@DonMiami3) February 2, 2026 US ISM Manufacturing PMI came in at 52.6% vs 48.5% expected. The US economy has entered the expansion phase. — Ted (@TedPillows) February 2, 2026 Do not confuse the increase in shipping rates as being bullish …

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Worker dies after getting trapped in chemical mixer at Arizona manufacturing plant and suffering horrific injuries

Jose Fernando Partida was trapped for five hours while rescuers worked to free him An Arizona man died after he was involved in an industrial accident at his workplace. Jose Fernando Partida, 57, was cleaning the inside of a chemical mixer at at Gowan Milling LLC in Yuma when tragedy struck. The machine he was …

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China enraged after Maduro arrest threatens its oil supply, tankers flee Venezuelan ports, and global manufacturing faces potential fuel shock

China’s factories run on Venezuelan barrels and suddenly the U.S. decides who gets what. The world’s top manufacturing engine is grinding gears because someone thought oil was a political toy. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was captured by U.S. special forces in Caracas early on January 3 following airstrikes and explosions around the capital, according to …

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Los Angeles sees 4 downtown office skyscrapers in distress with billions in defaulted loans, bids expected far below debt balances. Manufacturing & CRE Construction spend peaked over a year ago

“4 distressed office buildings in Los Angeles, California. Brookfield and its lenders (and receivers and special servicers) are peddling four active offerings that total about 4.9M SF of Class A office space in the Financial District, roughly 18% of the total inventory. EY Plaza: Colliers is marketing the $275M, non-preforming note tied to the property …

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LAYOFFS HIGHEST SINCE PANDEMIC, MANUFACTURING SHRINKS

Challenger, Gray & Christmas said layoff plans totaled 71,321 in November, a step down from the massive cuts announced in October but still enough to bring the 2025 total up to 1.17 million. The most-cited reason for the month was restructuring, followed by closings and market or economic conditions. Announced job cuts from U.S. employers …

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Chicago PMI crash to 36.3 exposes two years of manufacturing contraction

The just-released Chicago PMI measure has fallen to 36.3, missing the consensus forecast of 45.5 and deepening what is now a two-year contraction in Midwest business activity.It starkly illustrates the continued dominance of services growth over a struggling manufacturing… — Mohamed A. El-Erian (@elerianm) November 26, 2025 The Chicago Business Barometer fell to 36.3 in …

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For the last two weeks both sides have been manufacturing outrage with missing context. None of it is about truth.

They’re not informing you, they’re programming you to react. 1. Left Outrage: “Elon Musk Gets a $1 Trillion Payday” Claim:“Elon just got a $1T compensation package at Tesla.” What’s missing:The package is performance-based.It only vests if Tesla hits revenue, EBITDA and market cap milestones.The top tier requires a valuation near ~$8.5T, far beyond today. Reality:If …

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US Manufacturing Declines for Eight Consecutive Month

by Martin Armstrong US manufacturing turned down in October on the PMI index, dropping from 49.1 in September to 48.7 in October, marking the eighth consecutive month of contraction. Price pressure may have eased (58 from 61.9), but production (48.2 from 51), inventory (45.8 from 47.7), and deliveries (54.2 from 52.6) have all declined. Employment …

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Apple makes robots in Vietnam, Google builds AI megahub in India, while America dreams of manufacturing revival

While Americans are told to wait for the mythical return of domestic manufacturing, Apple and Google are quietly building the future but not here. Apple is moving its next wave of smart home hardware to Vietnam. Google is investing $15 billion in a massive AI data hub in India. The United States gets press releases, …

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China’s factories never sleep. Western governments throw billions at renewable schemes. Guess who’s winning the future of manufacturing?

China makes 80% of the world’s industrial robots and has the highest density of them in the world. If the west does not change soon, China’s 24/7 dark factories will allow them to have a monopoly on global manufacturing because of how cheaply quickly and voluminously they can make things. This quote hits hard: “I …

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‘DEVASTATING’ ‘No survivors’ at Tennessee explosives manufacturing plant blast site after 300-person crew search for 16 missing

“I did find out it was the building, Building 602, that he worked in and that he was on the missing list,” his mother, Ava Hinson, told the station. “The last I heard from him, he dropped his daughter off with me and was headed to work. “It’s unbelievable, the not knowing, I almost, I …

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Powerful Explosion Levels Tennessee Military Explosives Manufacturing Plant, 19 People Missing

A powerful blast ripped through a military explosives manufacturing plant in rural Tennessee on Friday morning, rattling homes miles away and bringing emergency responders to the scene, authorities and residents said. The explosion happened at Accurate Energetic Systems near the town of Bucksnort, about 60 miles (97 kilometers) southwest of Nashville, the Hickman County Sheriff’s …

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The United States is falling behind in manufacturing. We have less than a third as many manufacturing robots per 10,000 factory workers than South Korea.

The United States is falling behind in manufacturing. We have less than a third as many manufacturing robots per 10,000 factory workers than South Korea. byu/MajesticBread9147 inEconomyCharts My chart is per 10,000 manufacturing workers so it isn’t just a chart of the largest manufacturing industries h/t MajesticBread9147

Eli Lilly to build $5 billion drug manufacturing plant in Virginia

TRUMP EFFECT: Eli Lilly to build $5 billion drug manufacturing plant in Virginia https://t.co/BU2uRGfE9b — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) September 16, 2025 https://investor.lilly.com/news-releases/news-release-details/lilly-announces-plans-build-5-billion-manufacturing-facility INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) today announced that it plans to build a $5 billion manufacturing facility just west of Richmond, Virginia, in Goochland County. …

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