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As 2025 progresses, manufacturers are seeing small signs that cost pressures are easing. But inflation, tariffs, and geopolitical instability remain critical challenges, requiring a shift from ...

Uncertainty over U.S. tariffs and other Trump administration economic policies are deterring manufacturers from hiring, according to the Center for American Progress.

American companies eager to bring manufacturing jobs back from overseas are hitting an unexpected roadblock that’s forcing them to abandon reshoring plans despite strong political support and supply ...

Morocco has the world’s lowest labor cost per vehicle at about 106 U.S. dollars, roughly 1,000 dirhams, according to a new ...

Vigilance and discipline remain watchwords in the industrial sector, our latest analysis of the earnings call transcripts of 50 prominent U.S.-based manufacturers shows. With demand not broadly strong ...

Owners who rely on traditional models risk slipping schedules or escalating costs. Those who plan differently, with integrated delivery and broader labor access, are better positioned to meet demand ...

There is rising chatter about Vietnam and Bangladesh harnessing cheap labor to compete head on with the textile manufacturing “Made in China.” What does this mean for the 20 million people in China ...

A recent CSIS panel teed up the question “Does shifting toward lower net carbon energy production put U.S. manufacturing at risk?” Consistent power supply, day and night, winter and summer, whether it ...