03 Dec Manufacturing Gauge Tops Estimates as Jobs, Orders Rebound A gauge of U.S. manufacturing rebounded in November as new orders picked up and companies added workers, indicating that factories remain relatively healthy in the fourth quarter. Read more...
03 Dec Farmers Have Little to Cheer From China Trade Truce, So Far For a soybean farmer in Iowa or Illinois, it may be premature to celebrate the ceasefire in the trade war between the U.S. and China. Read more...
03 Dec Manufacturers Urge New Congress to ‘Start With Infrastructure’ The Association of Equipment Manufacturers is launching a new digital ad campaign to remind Congress and the Trump administration of the bipartisan support for upgrading U.S. public works and urging them to “start with infrastructure” in 2019. Read more...
02 Dec US, China Agree to Delay Consideration of New Tariffs President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to keep their trade war from escalating with a promise to halt the imposition of new tariffs for 90 days as the world’s two largest economies negotiate a lasting agreement. Read more...