Manufacturing has been driving the recent — albeit tenuous — economic recovery in the U.S. Yet maintaining and strengthening the nation’s manufacturing competitiveness in the global market will require tremendous planning, effort and focused financial investment in four key areas, a new study says.
Overall, manufacturing has been a relative bright spot for the United States economy during the recovery. Until this summer, the sector had expanded for 34 months in a row. However, for the first time since July 2009, U.S. manufacturing contracted in June and then again in July. After an extremely strong start to 2012, manufacturing growth has halted nearly completely.
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