by Lucy Papachristou | May 17, 2022 | Economy, Featured, Manufacturing
Pennsylvania governor Tom Wolf meets manufacturing workers in Hatboro, Penn. in 2015. (Photo: Flickr, CC BY 2:0) Stephen Ory’s career in manufacturing stretches back three decades, in shipyards, electricity utility, and nuclear. But when the nuclear power station he...
by Ana Teresa Solá | May 1, 2022 | Featured, Manufacturing
The manufacturing sector made slight progress in the month of March, and evidence points towards a similar outcome for April. Regional indexes from the Chicago and Philadelphia Fed declined last month, also signaling that the ISM number may not spike drastically. ...
by Lucy Papachristou | May 1, 2022 | Manufacturing
The nonprofit Institute for Supply Management will release its monthly manufacturing report on Monday based on a survey of purchasing managers at more than 300 manufacturing firms. Economists predict the manufacturing sector to continue its steady growth, reflecting a...
by Ana Teresa Solá | Apr 4, 2022 | Featured, Manufacturing
William Somerville opened his coffee shop Social House Café in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, the week before the coronavirus lockdowns began in New York in March 2020. Two years later, after grappling with COVID-19, he’s facing a new challenge: inflation. Costs are up from...
by Lucy Papachristou | Apr 3, 2022 | Manufacturing
U.S. manufacturing saw further gains last month, but its growth was slowed by prices increasing against the backdrop of global energy market instability. March’s manufacturing index from the Institute for Supply Management registered at 57.1%, a decrease of 1.5...
by Ana Teresa Solá | Apr 2, 2022 | Manufacturing
The manufacturing sector showed signs of progress in March despite lingering supply chain problems, such as price increases and delivery delays. The Institute for Supply Management’s manufacturing index, a closely watched measure of factory activity, scored 57.1 in...
