The Engines of Large Airliners and the Costly Challenges Manufacturers Face by MC01 • Jun 1, 2019 • 57 Comments Rolls-Royce’s debacle for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. And China is learning it the hard way.
Lousy Durable Goods Data Sink GDP Forecasts for Q2 by Wolf Richter • May 24, 2019 • 38 Comments Sign the already weak goods-based sector is getting weaker.
Suddenly US Service-Sector Growth Dives, Manufacturing Gets Even Weaker by Wolf Richter • May 23, 2019 • 54 Comments Slowest growth in orders since Oct 2009. Cleanest dirty shirt gets dirtier.
Trucking & Rail Shipments Sink as US Goods-Based Sector Slows by Wolf Richter • May 14, 2019 • 77 Comments Weakness in transportation deepens. Freight rates still rising, but also coming under pressure.
Boeing, Airbus Carve up Embraer & Bombardier, Chinese Aircraft Makers Still Learning the Ropes by MC01 • May 13, 2019 • 28 Comments Aircraft manufacturing consolidates.
Manufacturing and Services Out of Sync, Not Just in the US by Wolf Richter • May 6, 2019 • 68 Comments Goods producing economy suffers globally. Services expected to keep it all taped together.
How the Inventory Pileup Boosted Q1 Blowout GDP and What Carmageddon Has to Do with It by Wolf Richter • Apr 28, 2019 • 61 Comments A six-quarter surge, with first signs that some of it has started to unwind.
US Auto Imports from Mexico Surge 10% in Q1 to New Record, Despite Dropping Sales in the US by Don Quijones • Apr 24, 2019 • 19 Comments 16% of the 4 million new vehicles sold in the US in Q1 were assembled in Mexico.
Carmageddon at Tesla-Panasonic Gigafactory in Nevada and Shanghai by Wolf Richter • Apr 11, 2019 • 118 Comments Expansion & investment plans frozen, after deliveries of Teslas plunged in Q1
Next Phase in Trucking Boom-Bust Cycle Has Started by Wolf Richter • Apr 3, 2019 • 50 Comments From “capacity panic” to “overcapacity” in less than a year?
