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Trump’s manufacturing 'boom' is busting badly —and leaving MAGA behind
What happened
AlterNet reports that the manufacturing “boom” is narrowly concentrated in advanced industries tied to AI and energy investment, not broadly shared across the traditional factory economy Donald Trump promised to revive. In September, factory output rose 0.3 percent even as auto production fell 3 percent, while the Institute for Supply Management recorded a ninth consecutive month of expansion.
Employment tells a weaker story. According to figures cited by Axios, manufacturers added a net 40,000 jobs over the previous 12 months: advanced manufacturing gained 56,000, while all…
The skinny
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