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The U.S. economy shrank 6% at the annual rate in the second quarter, extending the decline of 1.6% in the first quarter. The current forecast is for 0.8% growth in real GDP in the third quarter, with 1.6% annual growth in 2022. In 2023, the outlook is ......
First, America is bringing factory jobs home at a historic rate. According to one estimate, the U.S. is on pace to reshore 350,000 jobs in 2022, the highest total on record and an increase from roughly 260,000 last year ..
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has eliminated the SBA guaranty fee and on-going fee on Export Express loans approved before 9/30/2023. The Export Express loan ... READ MORE
“Time for the Business Community to make a Political Statement”
This election year is critical for the business community. We have more individuals in the State House who are anti-business. The business community is a well that they draw monies from. They want more of your hard-earned dollars for “their” programs..... READ MORE
Manufacturing capacity utilization increased from 79.3% in June to 79.8% in July, which was not far from April’s reading (80.1%), which was the highest since August 2000 ...... Read More
Daniel Dwight, CEO and president of Pawtucket-based coated fabric manufacturer Cooley Group, has been named the 2022 Strategic Leadership Award winner for Providence Business News’ annual Manufacturing Awards.
Ellis Waldman, Walco Electric Co. CEO and president, for Manufacturing Champion
U.S. firms are seeing some small positive improvements on inflation and the supply of labor, according to a new Federal Reserve report. U.S.-manufactured goods exports totaled $746.62 billion through the first seven months of 2022, using non-seasonally adjusted data, soaring .... READ MORE
Manufacturing contributes $2.77 trillion to the U.S. economy annually, has one of the largest economic multipliers of any major sector and accounts for nearly 58% of all private-sector research and development in the nation......READ PDF
The NAM’s newly released Q3 Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey shows that manufacturers are struggling with inflation, supply chain issues and workforce challenges. Though three-quarters of respondents expressed optimism about the economy, that figure represents a decline....
An important new study released by the NAM shows that failure to reverse a new, stricter limit on interest deductibility could cost the United States nearly half a million jobs...... READ MORE
