Bring on Higher Oil Prices: They’ll Boost the US Economy. Powell Sees it Too. A New Experience for the US by Wolf Richter • Jun 20, 2019 • 155 Comments Here’s why.
Trucking Swerves Deep into Slump, from Red-Hot Boom. Smaller Truckers Hit Hardest by Wolf Richter • Jun 18, 2019 • 40 Comments Freight shipments dropped the most since Nov 2009.
Global Semiconductor Sales Plunge 24% from Peak, Deepest % Plunge since Financial Crisis, Deepest $ Plunge Ever. Here’s Why by Wolf Richter • Jun 4, 2019 • 74 Comments A slew of reasons, the China debacle on top.
US Cleanest Dirty Shirt Among Manufacturing Giants: Germany at Crisis Level. China, Japan, South Korea Contract by Wolf Richter • Jun 3, 2019 • 47 Comments Exports-at-all-costs for economic growth comes home to roost.
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.